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

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