Human Head Transplant Possible (In December 2017)

We have seen and heard about the organs transplant to different human bodies but is it possible to transplant the head to another human body? We think it's a science fiction.Yes! It is possible. The first head transplant will be going to happen in December 2017.

Italian Neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero plans to do the £14 million experimental first head transplant operation in December 2017 as he got a volunteer named Valery Spiridonov, a 31 year old Russian software development manager who suffers from a debilitating muscle-wasting disease.

Through this head transplant operation, person will be getting a new body which is free from any diseases.

 

About The Operation:

-The donor body will come from someone who is brain dead and whose organs would be considered acceptable for transplantation.

-Spiridonov’s head will be cooled to around 12 degrees Celsius to slow damage to brain cells.

-Surgeons then would cut down the soft tissue in the neck. Tubes would be affixed to all the arteries and veins to maintain blood flow.

-Then, Canavero plans to use a diamond knife to cut the spinal cord.

-The head is then moved onto the donor body as quickly as possible.

-For joining up the ends of the spinal cords.Canavero suggests to use  a substance called polyethylene glycol, which would help fatty cell membranes meld together.

-The patient will then be put in a drug-induced coma for four weeks while the connection between the head and body heals.

-Canavero says all the technology he needs is available, and estimates the procedure will take about 36 hours for the operation.

-Canavero expects a 90% chance of success, as in a 90% chance the patient is up and walking around a few months after the surgery.

But.....

The potentially ground-breaking treatment was performed on a monkey in 1970.

The animal only lived for eight days after the body rejected the new head, leaving the monkey unable to breath and move.