Three metal plates and 18 screws for Bono after cycling accident

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Three metal plates and 18 screws for Bono after cycling accident

Bono needs "intensive therapy" after having three metal plates and 18 screws inserted into his elbow.

The U2 frontman underwent a five-hour operation on Sunday night following a bicycle accident in New York's Central Park earlier that day, which left him with a fractured face, shoulder blade and left humerus bone which had "driven though his skin" and split into six pieces.

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