When you look at this level of surgery you have to give credit where it’s due here. This is only the beginning of these types of surgerys. Imagine 30 years from now.
Is it really even effective? Sounds good but how do the tendons fuse and how well do the nerves work? I don't imagine someone doing much with those hands. Wonder how much the recipient looks like the donor. Bet it's fucked up for the donors family.
The main problem in these type of surgeries is the problem of rejection. The immune system is suppressed for life time by using immunosuppressants to prevent the body from attacking donor parts. This affects the kidneys quite badly which could lead to situation of dialysis and kidney transplant!
@@BGTech1 Even then, you have to sign a paper stating that you are willing to donate your body and or parts, so it does have some generosity. I signed in my will though and told everyone I know that I want to set on a wooden raft then put to a blaze.
@@exostudios8563 in a lot of countries being a donor is opt-out instead of opt-in. I really don't see why you wouldn't want to be a donor. You're dead. Who cares. You might save a life or drastically improve one. You can still be set on fire after your useful bits have been taken
@@exostudios8563 I find comfort in the idea, that after my death my body isn't completel, destroyed or left to rot, but that instead some of my body parts can live on in other human beings, thus making me truly immortal.
@@mythxv3204 I was speaking metaphorically silly lol! But there are free divers that can hold their breath for longer than that but they are specifically trained to do so. And I did say that I THOUGHT I held my breath for the whole video! 😁🇨🇦
I almost lost my shit when I saw how they take the skin of the skull and that is an animation. I can’t even imagine how terrifying it must have look. Respect for the doctors.
I literally cannot even to begin to imagine what it would be like to see your husband/dad/brother's face on another man. Honestly, i think the family of the donors are unsung heroes in this situation too for supporting/endorsing his decision to donate, despite the absolute trauma this must have caused them.
@@EthanSalter3 it doesn't look like the same face one it's transplanted. The natural structures underneath make it look pretty different on each person, so he won't be recognizable as the donor. Sometimes there are similar features but you wouldn't think he was the donor if he was just walking down the street. Also that puffiness goes away and the face gets a lot thinner and much less chubby after some time, so it will start looking natural once he's tightened up his nerves and muscles, and that will make it look even more different from both the donor and his old face. The donor is a hero and that part of him will take on a whole new life :-)
Its like someone is using a Holloween costume of you all over his life! You may not still on this world but you helped someone who's in need even aftee your death
Miraculous work!!! I am in awe of Dr. Rodriguez and his team. Joe's motivation to gain strength and coordination is inspiring. I was astounded to see how well he can move his new hands already. Praying for his continued health!
Its truly a miracle on all levels. The strength and drive of the patient as well as the overall science and skill of the surgeon and his wonderful staff. I'm so blown away. And of course the donor who couldnt have shared a more personal gift... it just floods my heart. I know I said alot but I am really speechless.
Modern medicine is incredible, to think people can completely replace someone's face and hands and they still work. Not even a full century ago, this would be absolutely impossible. You could get absolutely destroyed in some of the most horrendous ways, be inches from death and still be healed to a state of life that is not only survivable but to an extent normal. Hats of to you medical professionals
I don't think I would be able to do this. I mean, amputating someone's hand is one thing. It' not pretty but it's normal and common. But carefully cutting off their face including bones? Seeing that would cause me to faint instantly. These surgeons are amazing the things they can do... And most importantly, they do it professionally and it works. I admire them.
Here you see why surgeons and docs deserve every single bit of money they receive. For a surgeon to cut someone like this he needs to know EVERY SINGLE nerve muscle veins and details in the bone in that area.
Imagine your son or other relative donation their face and hands to a surgery, and then seeing a stranger with that relatives face on them. it's truly amazing this urgery but it must cause a little strange for the donor family. Not to mention the fact that you'll wake up every day with a face that isn't yours, still better than deformed I guess. Fantastic truly.
Not religious, but God bless you. Eduardo, you and your transplant team are awesome. The transplant is aesthetically up there with Cameron Underwood, Mitch Hunter, Patrick Hardison, Richard Norris. and Andy Sandness.
Question. How do they avoid the patient from bleeding out once the arteries are severed? Never could figure that one out, Like- they either get a clot if the blood flow is fully blocked, or they bleed all over the place if the arteries are left open.
I wonder what happened to donor's face after surgery.. Did they just leave it like that, or did they give him the recipient's face? What did they do to him??
Generally they have a silicone mask which is custom made to look as similar to the donors face as possible. Then they put the mask on after they remove the actual face
I always have the question of what happens to the donor body after their parts get donated. Do they have to get a new one from another donor or do they have to remain without a face? Like it's generous and kind for the donor, but I still dunno what will happen to them.
It's actually to "hang up" the face. All the muscles that are attached to the donors face need to first merge over months with the recipients muscles. Until then the face would be drooping if it wasn't for that elevation on his forehead.
This is kinda like the faceoff movie. This level of surgery is unbelievable. This is the true meaning of "mask off". . . Imagine looking in the mirror and seeing yourself with it off🤔🤯😳
They can anastomose the veins, arteries, and the like--but how do they get the nerves to reintegrate? Do they just heal by pure proximity? I wonder, do they just re-fuse if the cuts are clean and placed end-to-end? I can't believe they can sew them together and not cause more damage...
As much as I love watching surgeries, and as amazing as this transplant surgery is, I think a video of the actual surgery would be horrifying to watch. The animation is mild compared to what happened because we're not seeing any blood, nor are we seeing a face/neck without skin. For the donor, he didn't received anything, we'll probably a prosthetic. When they removed his facial bones, skin, and veins/arteries, they didn't remove the donors eyes, so they were essentially just hanging out of the donors skull without support. Same thing goes with the recipient, but it was more than likely one at a time. I'm fine with watching en bloc, ex vivo resection and autotransplantation on a 7 year old who had 6 of her organs removed and put back in her body due to a carcinoma (girls name was Heather Mcnamera, and the surgery was on the website that was once known as OrLive, it's now known as BroadcastMed and they removed the video), and I'm fine with seeing a empty body cavity with no organs. But when it comes to a person's face being operated on, where you can actually see inside their head, that freaks me out.
the donor would have to be dead, you can’t continue living without a face and carotid/jugular veins, and while, yes, amputees are obviously a thing, no one would donate their own perfectly functional hands while alive
@@judyjohnson4541 blood vessel anastomosis is routine thing for surgeons.. but this vessels are vital vessels like carotid and jugular it is very tough to maintain blood flow to brain🥴
When you look at this level of surgery you have to give credit where it’s due here. This is only the beginning of these types of surgerys. Imagine 30 years from now.
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@@JesterMasterz Its not something to be read from someone who cant think, don't worry about it
Is it really even effective? Sounds good but how do the tendons fuse and how well do the nerves work? I don't imagine someone doing much with those hands. Wonder how much the recipient looks like the donor. Bet it's fucked up for the donors family.
The main problem in these type of surgeries is the problem of rejection. The immune system is suppressed for life time by using immunosuppressants to prevent the body from attacking donor parts. This affects the kidneys quite badly which could lead to situation of dialysis and kidney transplant!
@@Ysshyam-m4m yikes
All thanks to the donor and his family for allowing his body parts to be donated. Such a great generosity!
The donor might have already been brain dead from a severe accident and unable to recover. But still I get your point
@@BGTech1 I don't think that's new info to the OP; nobody is going to just elect to have their face and hands taken.
@@BGTech1 Even then, you have to sign a paper stating that you are willing to donate your body and or parts, so it does have some generosity.
I signed in my will though and told everyone I know that I want to set on a wooden raft then put to a blaze.
@@exostudios8563 in a lot of countries being a donor is opt-out instead of opt-in. I really don't see why you wouldn't want to be a donor. You're dead. Who cares. You might save a life or drastically improve one. You can still be set on fire after your useful bits have been taken
@@exostudios8563 I find comfort in the idea, that after my death my body isn't completel, destroyed or left to rot, but that instead some of my body parts can live on in other human beings, thus making me truly immortal.
I think I held my breath the whole video!! The things surgeons are able to do just blows my mind. I have a very healthy respect for all of them!!
You'd be dead if u held your breath for 6:19
@@mythxv3204 I was speaking metaphorically silly lol! But there are free divers that can hold their breath for longer than that but they are specifically trained to do so. And I did say that I THOUGHT I held my breath for the whole video! 😁🇨🇦
I don't think I could cut the face off a living person. These surgeons definitely have guts!
@@SlimiSlime for enough money I would
Funkytown killers could 😂@@SlimiSlime
That's actually so friggin crazy!!!
EscapePlan Skateboarding mind blowing, isn't it?
Attack on titan
@Hector Pacheco how
@@itzshaz0 Surviving is possible when
What a primitive statement for something so brilliant
I almost lost my shit when I saw how they take the skin of the skull and that is an animation. I can’t even imagine how terrifying it must have look. Respect for the doctors.
This is mind blowing... I can’t believe human beings were able to accomplish this amazing procedure.
Outstanding job! I’ve been reading about this story all day. Truly amazing where the science is taking us.
The 3D printed guides really blew me away! Genius!
Imagine being the donor’s family member seeing the face of the one they lost. Must be tough for them.
Most of them are actually happy the other guy under the skin got a new face
@@coupa10 not true if you’re in Asia.
@@samuraijackson241 who gives a damn about Asia
@@coupa10 I do care about asia and your point is?
@@mechanikalbull5626 That's what I said! Who?!
I'm sitting here just in AWE. What amazing strides the medical field has achieved!! I can't believe how much hope this brings to injured people.
Nobody talks about the donor, his family must be suffering a lot too
I literally cannot even to begin to imagine what it would be like to see your husband/dad/brother's face on another man. Honestly, i think the family of the donors are unsung heroes in this situation too for supporting/endorsing his decision to donate, despite the absolute trauma this must have caused them.
Legit like... wow. Praying for them.
@@EthanSalter3 it doesn't look like the same face one it's transplanted. The natural structures underneath make it look pretty different on each person, so he won't be recognizable as the donor. Sometimes there are similar features but you wouldn't think he was the donor if he was just walking down the street.
Also that puffiness goes away and the face gets a lot thinner and much less chubby after some time, so it will start looking natural once he's tightened up his nerves and muscles, and that will make it look even more different from both the donor and his old face. The donor is a hero and that part of him will take on a whole new life :-)
Its like someone is using a Holloween costume of you all over his life! You may not still on this world but you helped someone who's in need even aftee your death
My brother passed a few years ago from brain cancer and someone now has his beautiful blue eyes
that's honestly incredible, I applaud the surgeons who did this
And the donor's family
@@Greem877 yes
Miraculous work!!! I am in awe of Dr. Rodriguez and his team. Joe's motivation to gain strength and coordination is inspiring. I was astounded to see how well he can move his new hands already. Praying for his continued health!
I won’t be the first to fall asleep at sleepovers again 😭
Thank you for this tutorial! This made the process much more easier to perform
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@@MrAaaaazzzzz00009999 dont worry they're arranging a sleepover prank
@@SoupTheIdiot (rookie mistake)
Woah there bud
@Soup The F2P Oh ok
Its truly a miracle on all levels. The strength and drive of the patient as well as the overall science and skill of the surgeon and his wonderful staff. I'm so blown away. And of course the donor who couldnt have shared a more personal gift... it just floods my heart. I know I said alot but I am really speechless.
Mind blowing how complex this surgery has been. Incredible masterpiece.
Absolutely incredible! What a procedure. Much respect to the donor, patient, and medical team. Hope for best recovery
I feel very sad for this young man. Count your blessings people.
Joe is amazingly brave. I don’t know if I would let them do this operation on me ... I wish him all the best and mostly a normal and good life.
I wish I could find doctors as good as these to help make my life normal
Modern medicine is incredible, to think people can completely replace someone's face and hands and they still work. Not even a full century ago, this would be absolutely impossible. You could get absolutely destroyed in some of the most horrendous ways, be inches from death and still be healed to a state of life that is not only survivable but to an extent normal. Hats of to you medical professionals
I don't think I would be able to do this. I mean, amputating someone's hand is one thing. It' not pretty but it's normal and common.
But carefully cutting off their face including bones? Seeing that would cause me to faint instantly. These surgeons are amazing the things they can do... And most importantly, they do it professionally and it works. I admire them.
I'd love the idea of helping people, just not into dealing with blood and guts
I thought it’d be cool to watch the procedure in action, but after seeing this animation, fuck that.
how would be seeing a faceless person cool
@@SillyFunnyDummy lol
The number of prefab cutting guides is crazy. 3D printing is really helping all over the place
The fact that the procedure was so intellectually complex just shows how complicated our bodies are.
I hope they keep us updated on his recovery.
Such an huge responsibility for the doctor during this operation
When you are the first person to sleep in friends sleepover:
The amount of preciseness puts my anxiety at its peak!
Can you imagine you F this up? YOU’RE DONE! 😬
And I get frustrated at the process of organizing my closet. Hats off to these brilliant and diligent professionals.
Here you see why surgeons and docs deserve every single bit of money they receive. For a surgeon to cut someone like this he needs to know EVERY SINGLE nerve muscle veins and details in the bone in that area.
This gave me so much anxiety, i could Never Imagine how much work went into the operation omg
Man the movie *FaceOff* was such a good movie they made it into a real thing
Amazing. Congrats to all involved on the procedures. It is almost a sci fi real movie.
I bet the medical team wishes it was this easy. There's always unexpected issues to overcome. It blows my mind how far medicine has come!
Eduardo Rodriguez has balls of steel.
That moment when you realize that face transplant is a HUNDRED MILLION TIMES MORE COMPLICATED than you ever imagined...
real respect for the doctors and nurses who have ace stomachs for this.
So what happens if the face and hands get rejected?
This 3D animation is amazing
What happens when you fall asleep first at a sleepover
Imagine your son or other relative donation their face and hands to a surgery, and then seeing a stranger with that relatives face on them. it's truly amazing this urgery but it must cause a little strange for the donor family.
Not to mention the fact that you'll wake up every day with a face that isn't yours, still better than deformed I guess. Fantastic truly.
It's amazing to see how far we've come.
Why you offend me I dont like star wars so you offend!
Not religious, but God bless you. Eduardo, you and your transplant team are awesome. The transplant is aesthetically up there with Cameron Underwood, Mitch Hunter, Patrick Hardison, Richard Norris. and Andy Sandness.
I’m not nearly smart enough to understand what’s going on in this video. So much respect to the doctors and surgeons involved!!!!!!
5:30 that is the most insane part to me. restoring all the veins. superficial veins!
These people are real life wizards. Without doctors, humanity would still be rolling around in the mud. Incredible.
All of this with blood and everything in the way!!! Doctors are at the top of there game these days.
I have no clue how I would do this in real life. Props to those that actually know how to.
Question.
How do they avoid the patient from bleeding out once the arteries are severed? Never could figure that one out, Like- they either get a clot if the blood flow is fully blocked, or they bleed all over the place if the arteries are left open.
I'm going to guess they cool down the body to slow everything including bleeding? (But I don't have the real answer lol)
Clamp it and make a Bypass. Or use a heart lung Maschine. There are dozens of ways
This is just mind blowing!! I’m in awe!!
I wonder what happened to donor's face after surgery.. Did they just leave it like that, or did they give him the recipient's face? What did they do to him??
Generally they have a silicone mask which is custom made to look as similar to the donors face as possible. Then they put the mask on after they remove the actual face
@@iRektNubz ... even more likely, the remains were cremated so it doesn't matter.
That's what was going on in my mind but I think they leave it like that, cover with rubber cuz is deeper than we think comes with bone
Wow! This Dr and his entire team are absolutely incredible!!!
Magnifique ! Je n’ose imaginer la complexité et le travail et toutes c risques » que toute l’équipe doit gérer au fur et à mesure ! Bravo à vous
Thank you God for putting these doctors on earth! 🙏
Are there extra options like double elbow length or maybe additional joins?
Una locura, no solo el trabajo en equipo al momento de la cirugia, si no el trabajo previo y posterior. Increible
Salute to those who did this high class tough surgery
Ah, so this is what my friends did when I fell asleep at the sleepover.
Hats off to Dr Rodriguez and team from India 🙏
This is some science fiction stuff right here. Amazing.
But how does the eye not completely dry up, is there a special bath or enclosure to assist?
I’m so impressed, science and surgeons are wonderfuk
I always have the question of what happens to the donor body after their parts get donated. Do they have to get a new one from another donor or do they have to remain without a face?
Like it's generous and kind for the donor, but I still dunno what will happen to them.
That's gotta take a lot of immunosuppression to maintain, very impressive to pull off a surgery like that
this is bloody amazing thing i ever seen. very messy and high risk but its amazing.
How long does all this take?? At every stage
The doctors did a really great job
Respect to the doctors and also to the patient
Extraordinary work of the surgeons 👏 . How did his burns happen?
It is incredibly challenging work and professionalism of the highest level. I admire.
This is just some jaw-droppingly precise, intricate work.
Holy f.
Whats the purpose of attaching these pieces? 3:41?
Eyelid motion
Just for fun
It's actually to "hang up" the face. All the muscles that are attached to the donors face need to first merge over months with the recipients muscles. Until then the face would be drooping if it wasn't for that elevation on his forehead.
hate to see the final bill of that . wow
Prob covered because of the media coverage.
department of defense probably covered it for veteran research
That probably around 400k dollars ☺️
How do they connect the veins and arteries? Are they stitched up?
Yes, more like microstitching
This is simply amazing.
Wow Amazing. How long did the entire surgery take?
6 minutes and 19 seconds
This video deserve millions of views.
Mind = blown
when you fall asleep first at the sleepover (I was pranked)
OMG! THIS IS SO AMAZING!
Imagine be in a surgery and listen the doctor listening this
Beyond words so amazing to see this is possible now a days
It really blows my mind what surgeons are able to achieve these days !!!
when you fall asleep first at the sleep over
This is kinda like the faceoff movie. This level of surgery is unbelievable. This is the true meaning of "mask off". . . Imagine looking in the mirror and seeing yourself with it off🤔🤯😳
It’s insane that we can just do this. Like this would’ve been impossible years ago
Imagine being able to feel all of this.
Really makes you appreciate your current life
POV that one homie that went to bed first at the sleepover. 😂
W tutorial btw
They can anastomose the veins, arteries, and the like--but how do they get the nerves to reintegrate? Do they just heal by pure proximity? I wonder, do they just re-fuse if the cuts are clean and placed end-to-end? I can't believe they can sew them together and not cause more damage...
Nerves do heal. It's a long process and they grow fairly slow but they do regenerate.
As much as I love watching surgeries, and as amazing as this transplant surgery is, I think a video of the actual surgery would be horrifying to watch. The animation is mild compared to what happened because we're not seeing any blood, nor are we seeing a face/neck without skin. For the donor, he didn't received anything, we'll probably a prosthetic. When they removed his facial bones, skin, and veins/arteries, they didn't remove the donors eyes, so they were essentially just hanging out of the donors skull without support. Same thing goes with the recipient, but it was more than likely one at a time. I'm fine with watching en bloc, ex vivo resection and autotransplantation on a 7 year old who had 6 of her organs removed and put back in her body due to a carcinoma (girls name was Heather Mcnamera, and the surgery was on the website that was once known as OrLive, it's now known as BroadcastMed and they removed the video), and I'm fine with seeing a empty body cavity with no organs. But when it comes to a person's face being operated on, where you can actually see inside their head, that freaks me out.
I presume the donar is dead
the donor would have to be dead, you can’t continue living without a face and carotid/jugular veins, and while, yes, amputees are obviously a thing, no one would donate their own perfectly functional hands while alive
-Surgeon:
Preforms the 90 hour surgery perfectly...
-Everyone:
Thanks God.
This is god level...🙌🙌
Can imagine anastomosis of vessels but how they are doing with nerve..!???
I wonder how they connect the vessels..solder??
@@judyjohnson4541 blood vessel anastomosis is routine thing for surgeons..
but this vessels are vital vessels like carotid and jugular it is very tough to maintain blood flow to brain🥴
@@shyampatel999 Bhai India m esi surgeon available h
@@kapilmaliwad1470 it is the first ever face + hand transplant...kaha se available hogi??🤷
@@shyampatel999 Nana I mean capable h ya nahi
POV:you fell asleep at the sleepover first
Ok, so now we have a trip to DMV for a new driver's license photo and maybe the same for a passport shot. (with all kinds of questions)
This video is actually scarrier than most of the horror movies out there..
How long did the op take?
Well done!! what more can be said!??
This happened to me once
(I’m never falling asleep first at the sleepover again)