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World's First Quadruple Limb Transplant Fails
New submitter smoothjazz writes "The world's first quadruple limb transplant failed, according to Hacettepe University. Doctors had to remove the arms and legs that had been transplanted last Friday onto Sevket Çavdar, 27, because of tissue incompatibility. From the article: 'Doctors had first removed one leg from the patient after his heart and vascular system failed to sustain the limb and then the other leg and two arms. "The science council (of the hospital) decided to remove the organs one by one due to additional metabolic complications in the following process," the hospital said in a statement.
"Our patient is now in the intensive care unit. The critical process is still continuing," it added.'"
Anyone else notice the similarity between "Çavdar" an "cadaver", in a story that already parallel's a certain work by Mary Shelley in a number of ways.
Better known as 318230.
I feel bad for this person. These type of surgeries don't have a leg to stand on.
His last words to the doctor, "All right, we'll call it a draw."
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
...but the patient is completely stumped.
I hear they're charging him an arm and a leg for the procedure.
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Coincidentally, patient's name is Bob.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .