Soviet technology will successfully perform a head transplant operation in the Russian programmer Valeri Spiridonov, said the surgeon responsible Sergio Canavero. Spiridonov born with a call Werdnig-Hoffman, which is due to muscle atrophy.
According to the Italian doctor, the success of the operation will depend on the application Perftoran also as "blue blood," a Russian-made remedy that can help the body cope with the massive loss of blood when the head is severed from the body.
The drug, invented by a group of Soviet scientists led by Feliks Beloizartsev in the late 1970s, is composed of perfluorocarbon gases that can perform exchange functions like the natural blood. Furthermore, it is enriched with special additives, whose ratio depends on the individual needs of the patient.
The use of Perftoran was suggested to Canavero by institute researchers attached to the Russian Academy of Sciences where this "replacement" of blood was developed. Scientists are currently testing the substance of application head transplants in animals.
Siamese effect
The vascular surgeon Anatoly Trochin also proposed a new way to save the life of Spiridonov during operation in the event of a complication. Canavero Spiridonov and are now evaluating the application of this new method.
Trochin proposed placing the head, a separate body once in a special container that has the size and shape of the helmet of an astronaut. This would then be connected to the vascular system of a donor, possibly a relative Spiridonov. "Externally and in terms of format, this container should be suitable for the blood donor attach it to your body and carry it for a long period of time," explains Trochin.
The apparatus would create a similar effect to that of conjoined twins, and special sensors make possible the provision of immunosuppressant drugs to protect the head. The blood processed by the head could pass through a filter before returning to the donor.
The surgeon described his method not only in scientific articles, but has published his third novel of science fiction on organ transplantation, entitled "The head transplant surgery is possible and desired?".
"It is impossible to predict the psychological incompatibility between the heads," Trochin claims. "This issue can only be resolved through numerous donors replacements until the couple more psychologically compatible is found."
According to Georgy Stepanov, a professor of traumatology and orthopedics at the Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (TsITO, the acronym in Russian), use their own blood vessels and nerves of other patient's body tissues would eliminate the problem of rejection by the recipient body.
Russian head and body chinese?
So far, only Vietnam, South Korea and China agreed to participate Canavero experience. No Russian clinic was willing to accept responsibility for the surgery, and the legislation itself prevents the procedure in the country.
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However, besides Spiridonov have demonstrated preference for performing the operation in Russia, such a transplantation requires a body with similar characteristics.
"We do not think location or funding for my operation in Russia," Spiridonov said. "If the operation is actually carried out in 2017, it is likely to be in China. The country has made considerable progress in this area, "he adds, referring to the more than 1,000 Chinese experiments in rats, monkeys and human cadavers.
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