Where will we transplant the head?
The world's first human head transplant is to be carried out in Germany
The world's first human head transplant operation is due to take place in 2017. Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero, who is preparing to perform it, said that the operation will take place in Germany. (It is unknown whether it will take place or not: the German authorities have not yet responded to Canavero's appeal yesterday – VM.)
According to Canavero, he and his team of Chinese specialists are ready for a very complicated procedure. The only problem that needs to be solved now is the financing of the project, which Canavero gave the code name "Heaven" (Heaven).
Earlier it was said that the operation could be carried out in China, and the donor on whose body the head of Russian Valery Spiridonov will be transplanted will also be Chinese. Canavero is convinced that if successful, the patient will be able to fully recover within a year after surgery. However, according to Express, it was not possible to find a donor among the Chinese "for biological reasons."
According to the Daily Star, Canavero now wants to have the operation in Germany. He did not give an exact date, but suggests that the transplant will take place "closer to Christmas" (apparently, he means Catholic Christmas, that is, December 2017).
"Today I am officially appealing to the German authorities with a request to help me implement the first cephalosomatic anastomosis in the history of mankind," the publication quotes Kanavero as saying. In his opinion, Germany is a country that sets medical standards all over the world. Moreover, in the upcoming operation, the surgeon intends to use German technology, so, in his opinion, Germany is the best place where you can make this "breakthrough in the history of medicine."
Kanavero announced his readiness to transplant a human head back in 2015. Russian programmer Valery Spiridonov, who suffers from Werdnig-Hoffman disease, volunteered to take part in the project. Because of her, Valery is confined to a wheelchair and is practically unable to move independently.
Canavero did not rule out that the operation could take place in Russia, since there are highly qualified surgeons who are ready to participate in the project.
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08.06.2016