The factory worker was treated at the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery.

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Surgeons at the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery in Morriston are carrying out the tissue expansion procedure.

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It will see him work at both Swansea University College of Medicine and the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery in the city.

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Hamish Laing, honorary secretary of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and consultant plastic surgeon at the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, said it was a novel idea to make artificial skin that would not only cover the wound but actively fight infection.

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He said the research would work across the range of wounds clinicians treat from trauma, burns and post-surgery complications to chronic conditions such as ulcers and diabetes complications.

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Prof Whitaker has worked in plastic surgery in the USA and Australia, after initially learning his craft at the Welsh burns centre at Swansea's Morriston Hospital.

BBC: Prof Iain Whitaker

While ablation is generally safer than major surgery, serious--even fatal--complications can occur if the needle punctures or burns vital organs.

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