troops are trying to salvage the wreckage. in washington, president lula of brazil is seeking joe biden s backing for a new global forum, to fight climate change. residents in australia and new zealand are urged to take shelter as cyclone gabrielle hurtles towards the islands threatening to bring destructive winds and heavy rain. you re watching bbc news. now, it s time for click. this week lara looks at how to 3d print replacement bones for cancer patients. shiona mounts up for the latest in horse tech. horse tech? yep horse tech. righto. well, there s no time to stop for dinner, so us having it on the go. this is the strangest experience i ve had for quite some time. and finally, time for bed. butjust how chill can paul get? that s the eeg, which is my brain signal. that s pretty flat at the moment which is, you know, pretty on brand. when 3d printers first went mainstream, many imagined a world where some households would be creating missing pieces of board games or sp
to me, it was new, putting - something foreign in your body. but when he explained it to me, it sounded more or less - the right way to go. so, from then on, i had a ct scan, which obviously gave i all the measurements- for them to make the part, which they did eventually make and it was implanted in me - and i ve not been. looking back since. the technology is helping us a lot to provide better surgery with better results for the patients not only in terms of cancer resection but also in terms of quality of life and cosmetic results which for me are equally important for my patients. but there s a cost saving as well of nearly £1000 per procedure. and the whole process is about to get even smarter. by next year, the aim is to directly sd print the ribs or sternum. so, instead of a whole process that requires a mould
mix these two parts together. i pour them over this plastic printed part. then, once that silicone like, the liquid silicon cures after about 4 6 hours, then i remove the printed part and that leaves a cavity in the exact same shape of the patient s anatomy, and that is then sterilised and taken into theatre. in thoracic surgery, when you are removing this area, rather than having three ribs, you are creating, like, a big square of cement. very good to protect your lung. yeah ..but there was not a good functional result. so moving from using the same material, you get the same kind of resistance because, you know, you can break it. but also, you have the flexibility, so when you are breathing, they can move. to me, it was new, putting something foreign in your body. but when he explained it to me, it sounded more or less - the right way to go. so, from then on, i had a ct scan,
material, you get the same kind of resistance because, you know, you can break it. but also, you have the flexibility, so when you are breathing, they can move. to me, it was new, putting - something foreign in your body. but when he explained it to me, it sounded more or less - the right way to go. so, from then on, i had a ct scan, which obviously gave i all the measurements- for them to make the part, which they did eventually make and it was implanted in me - and i ve not been. looking back since. the technology is helping us a lot to provide better surgery with better results for the patients not only in terms of cancer resection but also in terms of quality of life and cosmetic results which for me are equally important for my patients. but there s a cost saving as well of nearly £1000 per procedure. and the whole process is about to get even smarter.
they can move. to me, it was new, putting something foreign in your body. but when he explained it to me, it sounded more or less - the right way to go. so, from then on, i had a ct scan, which obviously gave all the measurements for them. to make the part, which they did eventually make and it was implanted in me and i ve not been looking back since. the technology is helping us a lot to provide better surgery with better results for the patients, not only in terms of cancer resection, but also in terms of quality of life and cosmetic results, which, for me, are equally important for my patients. but there s a cost saving as well of nearly £1,000 per procedure, and the whole process is about to get even smarter. by next year, the aim is to directly 3d print the ribs or sternum. so, instead of a whole process that requires a mould and everything along the way, it lljust be made straight away in a material like this polymer,