The most complex part of the build was etching the printed circuit boards that spotted when a body part or the tongs touched the live edges of the hole it was in, said Mr Lang.

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Once at Selly Oak, many patients will have numerous trips to the operating theatre, sometimes between 10 to 15, often for complex reconstruction work and skin or tissue grafts from one part of the body to another.

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