why can’t limbs be transplanted to the needy just like heart, eyes etc ?
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While corneal transplants are common, full eye transplants are not viable, due to the same reasons as limbs – the optic nerve is too complex to connect.
While corneal transplants are common, full eye transplants are not viable, due to the same reasons as limbs – the optic nerve is too complex to connect.
There was a girl a few years ago who got a face transplant. The story was both tragic and incredibly frustrating, and the final result was not great. It was essentially a mask and it looked like she only had control over her jaw underneath.
I hope she’s doing better and is living a fulfilling life.
There was a girl a few years ago who got a face transplant. The story was both tragic and incredibly frustrating, and the final result was not great. It was essentially a mask and it looked like she only had control over her jaw underneath.
I hope she’s doing better and is living a fulfilling life.
It is possible and it has been done. Hand transplant, double arm transplants, leg transplant. The reason it is not as common is because there is a lot of promise with prosthetics and they don’t have the immunosuppression and anti rejection complications that transplantation carries.
It is possible and it has been done. Hand transplant, double arm transplants, leg transplant. The reason it is not as common is because there is a lot of promise with prosthetics and they don’t have the immunosuppression and anti rejection complications that transplantation carries.
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The musculoskeletal system is like a bundle of thousands of tiny ropes that run continuously throughout the body. In muscles, those ropes can bunch and contract. In bones the ropes are encased in minerals that make them hard and inflexible. Tendons are where the ropes connect muscles to bone and ligaments are where the bones connect to other bones. But the ropes run throughout these four tissues and all its limbs without any loose ends. When those ropes are severed, it’s very difficult to tie them all back together again. They have the ability to heal, but it’s never quite the same.
Running parallel to all these ropes are interconnected cables called nerves, which are also very difficult to repair when cut.
Replacing a limb without loss of function is a staggering feat of microsurgery, because you have to reconnect thousands of tiny ropes and cables that can’t be easily mended.
The musculoskeletal system is like a bundle of thousands of tiny ropes that run continuously throughout the body. In muscles, those ropes can bunch and contract. In bones the ropes are encased in minerals that make them hard and inflexible. Tendons are where the ropes connect muscles to bone and ligaments are where the bones connect to other bones. But the ropes run throughout these four tissues and all its limbs without any loose ends. When those ropes are severed, it’s very difficult to tie them all back together again. They have the ability to heal, but it’s never quite the same.
Running parallel to all these ropes are interconnected cables called nerves, which are also very difficult to repair when cut.
Replacing a limb without loss of function is a staggering feat of microsurgery, because you have to reconnect thousands of tiny ropes and cables that can’t be easily mended.
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