An Italian neurosurgeon has unveiled plans to
perform the first human head transplant by the end
of 2017.

Dr Sergio Canavero announced his plan at the
annual meeting of the American Academy of
Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons in the US
state of Maryland on Friday, saying he believes he
has a 90 percent chance of success.

He said his patient will be a 30-year-old Russian
man, Valery Spiridonov, who has the muscle-
wasting disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann.
"Of course there is a margin of risk, I cannot deny
that," Canavero said.

"I made the announcement only when I was pretty
sure I could do it."
Both men, who have been in regular contact
through video chats, believe the controversial
procedure is Spiridonov's best hope, the Reuters
news agency reported.

"If it goes good, I think I will get rid of the limits
which I have today and I will be more independent
and this will much improve my life," Spiridonov
said.

"We are making a huge step forward in science and
I hope it will be OK."
Canavero is quick to point out that few with
Werdnig-Hoffmann disease reach adulthood.
"He is a brave man and he is in horrible condition.
You have to understand - for him, Western
medicine has nothing to offer. Western medicine
has failed."

Surgical team of 100
Canavero will need the support of his peers in
order to move forward on the operation which
could cost around $15m.
Cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr Raymond Dieter, a
former president of the International College Of
Surgeons, said one of the biggest concerns with the
procedure was keeping the brain alive during the
surgery.

"When you think you are doing a heart transplant,
or a kidney transplant, or a liver transplant, you
have to cool those organs to give you a longer
period of … surgical time before you reconnect all
the vessels and you start reperfusion," Dieter said.

"We've seen several professors criticising Dr
Canavero's work but you know, there was criticism
for the first heart transplant as well and now it's
commonplace."

The operation, which would require a team of more
than 100 medical workers and could take 36 hours
to complete, could take place in the US or China.
Canavero plans to carry out the procedure in
December 2017.

"I prepared myself not only scientifically, but also
psychologically which is equally important in order
to tackle all of these attacks from several fronts, in
order to justify what you want to do, why you want
to do, you have to prepare yourself," Canavero said.

"This is a frontier, the final frontier. It's not space.
This is it because it has implications that go well
beyond religion, culture, the future, everything."


Source: www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/neurosurgeon-attempt-world-head-transplant-150613072123910.html


[size=15]IamFemaleGuy[/size]

lalasticlala

One thing I love about these oyinbo ppl is... They can dream about something ehn ,both impossibility and possibility



[size=15]IamFemaleGuy[/size]

He should better not try it,unless he wants to kill 3 people; the two transplantee,and himself the transplanter.

Success in advance

Trouble siddon yanga go wake am,these guys will just wake up and experiment silly things,how re they suppose to stop the blood flow ...anyways wishing them goodluck

joystickextendr:
Trouble siddon yanga go wake am,these guys will just wake up and experiment silly things,how re they suppose to stop the blood flow ...anyways wishing them goodluck

EverestdeBliu:
He should better not try it,unless he wants to kill 3 people; the two transplantee,and himself the transplanter.

I taya o



[size=15]IamFemaleGuy[/size]

Osheeeey! Ppl lyk bill gates will start investing oo. Rich ppl bn finding ways to prolong their life. Now, they cn js buy a younger person's body every few yrs and carry their own head on top. Mehn! Fp tins.
Cc lalasticlala, seun, ishilove. Do the needful.

He dey craze