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6243583 No.6243583 [Reply] [Original]

Why not take organs out of the body,clean them or if needed repair or replace them,and then put them back into the body?

If you heart is clogged, then just have doctors take it out and clean it.

if you remove the organs you reduce the chance of plaque getting into the blood stream, and potentially causing a brain damage.

>> No.6243589

>>6243583
From where do you propose we get these organs? There's already a shortage of donor organs.

>> No.6243602

>>6243589
Let people buy organs from the families of the dead,or grow them like scientist are working on now.

>> No.6243612

>>6243583
you mean like atherosclerosis? we used to do that (have an operation where a surgeon would scrape the plaque out of your arteries) but it didn't change the health outcomes because the plaque grows back quickly.

>> No.6243622

>>6243583
Easier just to clone new organs and transplant those.

>> No.6243634

>>6243612
This. A lot of organ diseases stem from unhealthy behavior. So surgery isn't going to help.

Also, major surgery like that is full of risks. MRSA, tissue death, heart failure (it doesn't always restart), blood loss and so on. On top of that is a tremendous recovery time and a monstrous medical bill.

If it's possible to get the same result by stuffing a pipe up through the femoral artery, that is much preferred.

>> No.6243645

>>6243583
>take them out
Why?

>> No.6243667

>>6243645
Don't want the bits to travel through the vains and cause brain damage

>> No.6244036

>>6243583
What abomination am I looking at?

>> No.6244107

>>6243602
>Like scientists are working on now

That's the thing, they're still working on it. Problem with transplantations is mostly that the risks outweigh the benefits. Although some crazy advanced surgery is definitely possible, the risk of dying during a heart transplantation is still higher than the risk of dying from atherosclerosis.

>>6243602
Organ donors exist, you know. Waiting lists for usable organs are very long though.

>> No.6244126

>>6244036
sex nugget

>> No.6244180

>>6244107
>Waiting lists for usable organs are very long though.

that's why you let people sell the organs.