Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero earlier this year stated that the total transplantation of the body will be implemented in the next two years. According to Belarusian experts, the head transplant is technically no problem. This was stated by the head of the Republican NPC transplantation of organs and tissues of the doctor of medical Sciences, Professor Oleg Rummo.

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Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero earlier this year stated that the total transplantation of the body will be implemented in the next two years. According to Belarusian experts, the head transplant is technically no problem. This was stated by the head of the Republican NPC transplantation of organs and tissues of the doctor of medical Sciences, Professor Oleg Rummo.

"it is a tricky question for me. I am a specialist, like a surgeon, transplant surgeon certainly very clear idea of how to technically do this operation. Technically here I don't see any problems," reports the words Rummo BelTA with reference to the TV channel "Belarus 1". However, he believes that there are a number of things that make this operation unsuccessful or impracticable in the near future.

"If this operation will fail and we will learn how to solve problems cross the spinal cord, we can restore a great number of young, healthy, beautiful people, who by some chance jumped into the river or fell from a motorcycle, or accidentally fell from the railing, as a result, received a spinal cord injury and was left obedienee in 20 years," said the doctor.

One of the contenders for transplant body is called a Russian programmer Valery Spiridonov. He suffers from birth genetic disease werdnig-Hoffmann. In this disease, muscle atrophy and deformed skeleton: with, Valery cannot walk, has difficulty lifting objects. June 12 was held a meeting with Professor Canavero and its potential patient in Annapolis, where the neurosurgeon did a presentation of their technologies, as previously reported by "MK".

From the conference and met with the surgeon survived only positive emotions. But despite all the optimism in respect of the project, before the surgery, if she does take place, it will still be long.