The World’s First Ever Head Transplant to Take Place in 2017

A brave man is set to become the world’s first ever head transplant patient. This first time ever operation is scheduled for December of the year 2017.

 

Valery Spiridonov, aged thirty, was diagnosed with a genetic muscle-wasting disorder that is called the Werdnig-Hoffman disease. The brave man has volunteered for the procedure to be carried out on him despite the various risks involved. 

 

“When I realized that I could participate in something really big and important, I had no doubt left in my mind and started to work in this direction,” Spiridonov, a Russian computer scientist, told the media. “The only thing I feel is the sense of pleasant impatience, like I have been preparing for something important all my life and it is starting to happen.”

 

The procedure on Valery Spiridonov will be carried out by Dr. Sergio Canavero, an Italian neurosurgeon. This mind boggling procedure is expected to last up to 36 hours, and it will require Spiridonov’s head be cooled as well as the donor’s body to extend the period during which the cells can survive without oxygen, according to the reports.

 

“According to Canavero’s calculations, if everything goes to plan, two years is the time frame needed to verify all scientific calculations and plan the procedure’s details,” Spiridonov told media reports. “It isn’t a race. No doubt, the surgery will be done once the doctor and the experts are 99 percent sure of its success.”

 

Spiridonov had joked that first thing he plans to do after the procedure is go on a vacation.

 

“But on a serious note, this operation is aimed at restoring independence of severely disabled people. Once I get it back I’ll see what the life of a healthier person looks like,” he said.