- Foreword
- Message from Board Chair & Chief Executive
- 2023 Clinical Research Fellowships
- A message from the RBWH Foundation
- A message from The Common Good
- Metro North Research Excellence Awards
- Research stories
- ICU of the Future
- New approach ruling out pulmonary embolism
- Improving access to healthcare in the prison environment
- Safety and efficacy of peripheral versus centrally administered vasopressor infusion
- COVID-19 learnings set to inform future policy
- Telomere study could provide key to treating debilitating lung disease
- Productive Ward – Releasing time to care
- Brain organoids to revolutionise epilepsy treatment
- Reducing weight stigma in maternity care
- Parkinson’s Disease Check-In program giving people a voice
- Trial brings new treatment for common heart condition
- Teledentistry study shows promise in residential aged care
- Research fellow to boost Oral Health evidence-based care
- Study explores best approach to surgery for painful shoulder osteoarthritis
- The development and pilot testing of a stroke telerehabilitation decision toolkit
- Metro North Health delivers world-first breast scaffold surgery
- Regenerative jawbone hard at work care of collaborative Metro North Health approach
- Jamieson Trauma Institute leads e-scooter and e-bike injury research to drive community safety
- Forgotten fathers in pregnancy and obstetrics
- Putting the Spotlight on nursing and midwifery research
- Improving the health self-efficacy of stroke survivors
Regenerative jawbone hard at work care of collaborative Metro North Health approach
John Manwaring is regrowing his own jawbone thanks to the Herston Biofabrication Institute, the RBWH plastics team and Singaporean company Osteopore.
John Manwaring has been regrowing his own jawbone, thanks to an innovative new approach between Herston Biofabrication Institute, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) plastic surgeons, and Singaporean company Osteopore.
The 58-year-old had experienced disintegration of his jawbone as a result of cancer treatment and was eager to rectify the aesthetic of his face as well as easing some of the pain he was experiencing.
RBWH plastic surgeon Dr Milap Rughani was seeking solutions to help John return to normality and consulted with surgeon colleague and Herston Biofabrication Institute Director Dr Michael Wagels on a solution.
Together, they worked with Singaporean company Osteopore to 3D print an implant for John’s jaw, which was surgically wrapped with a shaving of the lining of the bone to allow regeneration of John’s own jawbone as the implant dissolves.
The regenerative jawbone implant is already hard at work, while for John, being able to eat, speak and breathe more easily has been a huge relief.
“It surprised me that this can be done so close to home, not America, and it’s fantastic that this is available – it feels good to know that this technology can help someone else,” John said.
John’s ground-breaking surgery paves the way for additional patients across Metro North Health seeking regenerative bone solutions.