Surgeon Answers Transplant Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Dr. 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? 0:00 Transplant Support 0:15 The value of one’s kidneys 1:08 Organ transplant timeline 2:18 Single use only 2:58 Organ age 3:30 Is there an organ shortage? 3:59 How do organ transplants actually work? 5:00 Season 23 Episode 8, if you’re interested 6:08 How do surgeons connect nerves to donated organs? 6:34 🍆 7:00 I would not be just a nothin, my head all full of stuffin 7:15 Grow your own 8:08 The first successful organ transplant 8:36 Xenotransplantation 9:00 Would you take a pig heart? 9:29 Actually, back up: Why pigs in the first place? 10:05 Who decides who gets a transplant? 11:21 Having a real change of heart 11:48 Face transplants 12:25 How long will a transplanted kidney last? 13:52 What determines a "match" for a kidney transplant? 15:09 Thanks for holding onto this for me 15:54 Our miraculous, fragile kidneys 16:23 This liver gonna live forever 16:54 Post-transplant life as a living donor 18:07 Dr. Simpson’s Selfless Transplant Hot Take Director: Justin Wolfson Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan Editor: Richard Trammell Expert: Dr. Dinee C. Simpson Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Production Assistant: Sonia Butt Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim Supervising Editor: Christina Mankellow Additional Editor: Jason Malizia Assistant Editor: Billy Ward Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B