Orthopaedics21
Orthopaedics21 t1_iwg0bhz wrote
Reply to comment by GolfandPoker in We have seen successful transplants of various organs, hands, even faces -- so why not transplants of legs or feet to lower-limb amputees? Why are these not a thing? by Pandeism
It's quite rare to have a situation where an identical twin is available as a donor, and even if it's available, we don't compromise the life of a donor to benefit the recipient.
Growing organs from stem cells is strictly prohibited in the majority of countries to avoid misuse of technology, maybe research is going on but no way to know it's status unless govt allows to publish data.
Orthopaedics21 t1_iwp0x8v wrote
Reply to comment by Otherwise-Way-1176 in We have seen successful transplants of various organs, hands, even faces -- so why not transplants of legs or feet to lower-limb amputees? Why are these not a thing? by Pandeism
Oh I was under the wrong impression. I looked for it It looks like promising area for researchers.