why not just sew the leg of a dead person onto an amputee?
912052
They have done it with hands, but there are psychological factors that make it difficult for most people.  Patients have a hard time accepting that they have a dead person's body parts on them. Internal organs are a little different.  Looking at a different leg or hand all the time is difficult for the minds of most.  Also, the timing has to be perfect.  You cant just do that with someone who lost their leg 2 months ago.
1104688
No,\nWhile it is rumored with I "knew someone who" the ability to remove an organ or tissue, keep it properly infused with blood and oxygen until it can be implanted in someone else is extremely difficult. also, the levels of approvals, security at hospitals, surgery centers make bringing in these implants almost impossible without a number of people being made aware of it. The marjority of tissue is not compatable from one person to another. There would be rejection immediately and therefore no reason to try it.\n\nThere is more "medicine" to it than most people think.
1066965
If you are talking a human leg replacement - that is still very experimental. Only being tried in certain european countries. If you are talking prosthetics then that is available in pretty well every country.
1082424
Is he a professional amputator? \n\nGet it? \n\nHack em off?
486797
Embalming is essential been the same since around the American Civil War. An artery is opened in the deceased's body, and embalming fluid is pumped into it. The pressure causes blood to drain concurrently from an open vein.\nIn addition, the hollow organs and viscera have their contents removed with t tube-like instrument and some sort of suction device. A strong embalming fluid is then put into the cavities to retard decomposition.\nMost improvements have involved improved embalming chemicals. Embalmers no longer have to mix their own fluids, dyes are often included in the arterial fluids, and the most dangerous chemicals are no longer used. In additions, several items have been invented that allow exposed tissues to be dried out, which allows for fillers or waxes to be used to recreate a natural appearance on someone who may have experienced trauma. \nSeveral items have been developed in the last few decades that help create a natural shape to a person's eyes and mouth. For instance, plastic caps have been developed that help keep eyelids closed as the tissues dry out a little bit. Also, many innovations for embalming machines have developed that allow for precise pressure and rate of flow during injection. This is helpful to reduce swelling.\nFinally, techniques have been developed that allow a deceased person to be a full bone and tissue donor, and still look nice for his/her viewing. For instance, PVC pipes can be used to hold the shape of limbs instead of long bones.
1017678
YES!!!  You never know what was on that nail...and it isn't worth risking.  It's a quick needle and it's over with...better than losing your foot!
249229
No!!!  They could get infected, and lead to more serious problems.  I know of cases where people had to have extremities amputated because of this!\n\nCheck www.webmd.com for some ideas on how to treat this, and if it's that serious, you might want to schedule a visit with your doctor.
167494
If it makes the person feel better, I think they should go for it. There is no point living in the wrong body if they can afford to have the surgery and they are sure that is what they want. We have the technology and I think it must be torturous for someone who is born the gender that is not what they want to be. Live and let live and my best wishes to them.=)
704202
If the public had to walk around seeing people without limbs, I'm sure they would think twice about commiting a crime.  But, come to think of it, after a while I guess people would become desensitized to it.  And it wouldn't be that much of a big deal anymore.
595836
Amputate - if its useless whats the point of keeping it.
55621
Yes, sometimes they have to use a ligament from a dead person to fix.  Fotunately, it is much more commonplace now.  Be sure to see a sports doctor.  They have a lot more experience in fixing joints.
367176
Disease and infection almost killed as many soldiers as actual battle.  The conditions of most medical facilities were horrible and as many as 1 in 4 would succumb to post operative complications after surgery (if you can even call it that).  Amputations were common and not always adminstered by a surgeon.  Sterilization wasn't something they knew much about, so instruments were often used from patient to patient, spreading infection.  Indeed, the first thing a doctor would use as a probe for a wound was his finger.  Keep in mind that medical science had not exactly kept up with military science, and during the American Civil War, we saw the battlefield introduction of the rifle, the Gatling gun, repeating firearms and other "innovations" designed to maim and kill. If you counted the number of soldiers that died from the complications of their wounds, it represents a significant number.
173432
b/c if they use humans before they are cadavers - it most likely will cause them to become cadavers.  Therefore it will me unethical, imoral and illegal
1180059
rip em in half and then sew em back
58310
I would suppose that it's in case the needle acidentally stabs someone else.
881384
For people - I would support it if it were the wishes of the person who was being assisted in death. I cannot imagine living with a jhorrible termianl illness and in massive amounts of pain.
1101233
I'd assume they were taking the p*ss out of my amputated limb :(