Surgeon Answers Transplant Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
14,039Dr. Dinee C. Simpson visits WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about transplant surgeries. Who decides who gets a transplant? Is there an organ shortage? How do organ transplants actually work? When was the first successful organ transplant? What determines a "match" for a kidney transplant? How do surgeons connect nerves to donated organs?\n\n0:00 Transplant Support\n0:15 The value of one’s kidneys\n1:08 Organ transplant timeline\n2:18 Single use only\n2:58 Organ age\n3:30 Is there an organ shortage?\n3:59 How do organ transplants actually work?\n5:00 Season 23 Episode 8, if you’re interested\n6:08 How do surgeons connect nerves to donated organs?\n6:34 🍆 \n7:00 I would not be just a nothin, my head all full of stuffin\n7:15 Grow your own\n8:08 The first successful organ transplant\n8:36 Xenotransplantation\n9:00 Would you take a pig heart?\n9:29 Actually, back up: Why pigs in the first place?\n10:05 Who decides who gets a transplant?\n11:21 Having a real change of heart\n11:48 Face transplants\n12:25 How long will a transplanted kidney last?\n13:52 What determines a "match" for a kidney transplant?\n15:09 Thanks for holding onto this for me\n15:54 Our miraculous, fragile kidneys\n16:23 This liver gonna live forever\n16:54 Post-transplant life as a living donor\n18:07 Dr. Simpson’s Selfless Transplant Hot Take\n\nDirector: Justin Wolfson\nDirector of Photography: Charlie Jordan\nEditor: Richard Trammell\nExpert: Dr. Dinee C. Simpson\nLine Producer: Joseph Buscemi\nAssociate Producer: Brandon White \nProduction Manager: Peter Brunette\nProduction Coordinator: Rhyan Lark\nCasting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer\nCamera Operator: Caleb Weiss\nSound Mixer: Sean Paulsen \nProduction Assistant: Sonia Butt\nPost Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin\nPost Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim\nSupervising Editor: Christina Mankellow\nAdditional Editor: Jason Malizia\nAssistant Editor: Billy Ward
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