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trd2343 10-18-2010 04:34 PM
Surgeons saved baby's life by freezing her to death
 
Is this even possible? Freezing someone to death, operating on them, then bringing them back to life?

Quote:
A baby was ‘frozen to death’ for more than 20 minutes in pioneering surgery to fix a life-threatening heart defect.
Samaa Zohir, who was born with blood vessels to her heart connected the wrong way round, was chilled to the point of death before medics stopped her heart to correct the otherwise fatal condition.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

It was also on today's Ming Pao.

dub.g 10-18-2010 04:45 PM
Yup

Thats why cryogenic studies have been going on

Bobobibi 10-18-2010 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by dub.g (Post 7150403)
Yup

Thats why cryogenic studies have been going on
the problem with cryogenics is that they havent been able to successfully defrost people. This is due to when the water of the cell is frozen it expands. which in turn, turned the cells of the living specimen into mush. Maybe it'll happen one day and that day has yet to come

CanadaGoose 10-18-2010 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by reamemiya (Post 7150381)
Is this even possible? Freezing someone to death, operating on them, then bringing them back to life?
The article says the baby's blood was chilled down to 18C (from a normal 37C) for the pioneering procedure. I don't think that would qualify as freezing, and her clinical death didn't occur until after the heart injection - she wasn't clinically dead from the 'freezing'.

Working on a frozen organ would be hard, imagine how hard precision cuts would be, and the frozen lack of pliability probably means a lot of brute force manuevers and collateral damage

Cryogenic stasis on living specimens is possible today, there's this frog that allows itself to freeze through during every winter, before thawing every spring as a means of surviving the winter

t8v6 10-18-2010 06:48 PM
^ didn't think it was possible lol, had to youtube to see for myself

AWDTurboLuvr 10-18-2010 08:08 PM
Sounds like an episode of "House".

InvisibleSoul 10-18-2010 09:24 PM
I think you can do it to flies as well... they'll come back to life after being thawed from frozen.

CP.AR 10-18-2010 09:56 PM

Yuffa 10-18-2010 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by AWDTurboLuvr (Post 7150764)
Sounds like an episode of "House".
x2

hotjoint 10-19-2010 06:46 AM
crazy

Greenstoner 10-19-2010 07:33 AM
the frog is a news to me, so awesome

Culture_Vulture 10-19-2010 01:52 PM
does that mean theyre going to bring walt disney back? :lol
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Lomac 10-19-2010 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Culture_Vulture (Post 7151653)
does that mean theyre going to bring walt disney back? :lol
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Culture_Vulture 10-19-2010 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Lomac (Post 7152371)
hahaha I was thinking of posting the same thing except on was on RSmobile

Lomac 10-19-2010 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Culture_Vulture (Post 7152476)
hahaha I was thinking of posting the same thing except on was on RSmobile
:D

First thing that came to mind. :lol

FerrariEnzo 10-20-2010 12:02 AM
hmm... wouldnt it be harder if it frozen?

Mananetwork 10-20-2010 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Lomac (Post 7152499)
:D

First thing that came to mind. :lol
After watching that, it reminded me of this one :rofl:

DanHibiki 10-20-2010 01:17 AM
Don't forget Captain America being frozen since ww2.

And Cartman when he couldn't wait a week for the new wii or xbox or whatever to come out.

http://southparktalk.com/files/2009/03/death-18.jpg
http://southparkstudios-intl.mtvnima...ast_breath.jpg


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