Aaron James's Partial-Face & Total-Eye Transplant Surgical Animation, 2023 

Thanks for the tutorial. I'll try this when one of my friends slept first in a sleepover.

I'll never complain about putting together anything from Ikea ever again. This is incredible and a testament to the skill and knowledge of all involved. Congratulations and thank you for showing such care and dedication to Aaron!

The family of the donor deserves recognition for allowing their loved one to make this donation. As far as I know, just being an organ donor doesn't automatically opt you in to tissue donation like this. Either way, I'm sure it's a very painful thought to grapple with and it would take a very understanding and compassionate person to make that decision.

I had a jaw surgery where the upper jaw was moved forward a little bit and the pain was pretty bad. I can't imagine what the pain must be like after surgery like this.

Frankly, it is amazing what this team did for Aaron, and the medical knowledge society has gained. Thank you for your hard work, and thank you to Aaron for being brave to try an experimental surgery. I really hope this improves his quality of life.

This is why i'm never the first falling asleep at sleepovers

That is definitely an advanced surgical operation! Congratulations to Aaron with he's family and Dr. Rodriguez with the team who made this possible.

Rest in peace Mr Donor.

The idea is magnificent. Doctors and surgeons performing this, locating each nerve, making connections, and the patient surviving is simply amazing!! To think that this is possible and there are people who have done it is jaw dropping!! These doctors are fantastic!!!

Somehow, the world "brilliant" doesn't even begin to describe the level of medical art Dr Rodriguez and his team achieved with this!

Thank you to the donor and their family for the amazing and selfless gift they gave this man.

Truly unbelievable I feel special to be able to pursue a career in the medical field. I can’t wait to see what surgeries will be capable of in 25 years. Beautiful video and surgery. Shout out to all of the donors!

Holy cow! Great work. Face transplants are fascinating enough, but a face AND EYE transplant???? Wow!

Congratulations to Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS. I am so proud of him being a dual degree MD, DDS. Doctor George Whitehead D.D.S.

It’s crazy - I just can’t fathom how incredibly impressive this is . I mean it’s completely mind blowing how we have the minds , to make this humanly possible !

Transplanting a face, eyes, being able to transplant arms and hands…incredible. Science and medicine are amazing. And thank you to the donor who chose to give life and function after their death. Now he had heterochromia due to the transplant. This is all so amazing

Whatever these doctors earn, it is not enough. This is as close to miracles as it can get.

This is terrifying, they diced him apart to put him back together. The skill level of the surgical team is incredible.

Absolutely BRILLIANT and so exciting! What an awesome team to make this happen. True pioneers!! ❤❤❤

This is an amazing operation. And a tremendous transformation for this man.

I know one day it will be easier with 3D printers and all, but this masterpiece should never be forgotten. Thank you so so much.❤

Congrats to the whole team. 🎉

Amazing! Props to the surgical team!

Thanks for great animation, medical infomation.^^

Congratulations also to the anesthesia team for maintaining optimal perfusion hemodynamics and airway preservation.

Amazing. I sat here thinking, after believing for so long the eye is never possible-how many years until brain tissue transplant! All those people freezing themselves, it's just not as far fetched as it once was.

you people do the most impressive things, and i've been following Dr Rodriguez's successes for a long time

so much complexity! how amazing doctors/surgeons are

Cool unboxing

As time goes by, the technology for procedures like this will get better thanks to all the doctors and hard working scientists. Thank you to all the people involved in ventures like this.

Excellent work to Dr Rodriguez an the surgical team!!!

Even explained so well, it still sounds like crazy level of complexity 🤯 People capable to make it are absolutely amazing and must be awarded for pushing medicine and science forward 🏆 They are making some really great and important things, while others are busy with killing eachother in various conflicts around the globe and other stupid stuff like discussing new dress of some influencer...😓

POV: you fall asleep first at the sleepover.

That’s absolutely amazingly incredible! Maybe it’ll be possible to transplant his missing arm, as well someday. It’s already been done before!

I can’t believe science has progressed to this point, it’s incredible! And the recovery must’ve been agony, I hope he’s doing alright. What a wonderful man and family to donate his face, such a kind act, if he believes in heaven then I’m glad he’s there.

Will wonders never cease to amaze me! WOW!!!❤

never falling asleep first at the sleepover again

I guess I'd be a little stuck up too if I could restore a person like this.

Absolutely incredible!!!!

Wishing speedy recovery to the patient and praying to God for his wellbeing. Congrats to the team of doctors and surgeons who performed this miraculous surgery procedure 🙏🙏🙏

Man, that donor is such a cool guy, giving away half his face. Hope hes doing well

Incredible work!

F*** this is somehow amazing and terrifying at the same time, just seeing the 3d simulation make me shiver

Absolutely amazing!

Phenomenal work

POV: Your buddy fell asleep first at the sleepover, now it's time for a devious prank.

Amazing ! 😮

This is simply amazing.

This what my homies did to me for falling asleep first in the sleepover

This is fascinating and scary at the same time. Good to see human ingenuity used for a good cause.

Good night Nurse! This is amazing!

All these words I don’t know… …mad respect to all the surgeons out there

That such things are possible nowadays is truly a testament to human ingenuity. Wow!

This is an amazing surgery.

Great job!

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Great tutorial, thanks 👍

what a warrior!

All that in under 5 minutes. Nice.

Fascinating

Congratulations Dr

He fell asleep first at the sleepover!! In all seriousness this is impressive stuff.

What a good sleep over this was !

Amazing.

this is honestly kind of crazy when you think of it under the surgeon's POV. like justr cutting someones face open and peeling their skin off. Like, literally, just cutting off someones face, and then cutting open someones face, and then fitting the 2 pieces together like a puzzle. Like all the bundle of nerves, and bones, and blood vessel. It's a gory mess when the surgery actually occurs and in the end everything just heals back perfectly and he actually looks alright afterwards. What such crazy shit man... huge respect for the surgeon i admire their work, and i also admire whoever could thought of a possible usage of a human body in this context This is like, magic

Wow the people who did this are amazing

The doc has gone through the ringer between dental, medical school, and residency. What a fucking 🐐. Bravo 👏

Humans are amazing ☀️

it is insane that this happend. this is the only time in recent history that I have been utterly dumbfounded, completly in awe of how amazing modern transplants are.

Thank you for this prank tutorial, I can't wait to pull it on my friends! 😃😃

👍 Absolutely incredible.

It’s amazing how we got this far

As a cardiac ICU RN that sees some "stuff" this is crazy and so very cool!!

Nothing short of a miracle. What talent these surgeons have.

Incredible.

the intricasy is mindblowing

When you fall asleep first at the sleepover

Incredible

Amazing

this is beyond fascinating and an a testament to what modern medicine is capable of.

Amazing!

Mind-blowing

No fucking way

incredible.

Beautiful! Excellent! I wonder how many hours did the procedure take. Also, excellent animation as well!

Congrats to all Doctors and staff for pushing the limits by using skills and technology to give hope to many miserable souls. God Bless.

This is amazing

I'm in awe at the level of skill required to pull this off.

Wow. That’s amazing what can be done now. I hope it was successful.

It's 3AM and this vid was on yt homepage. Btw this is a really interesting content to watch

Just WOW 😮

Every time I watch these kinds of videos, I really start to wonder and question if life is really a gift. I can't even imagine the trauma and pain this person had to go through. Here are medical professionals, mental health professionals, social reformers, desperately trying to figure out different ways to make things better and provide a new life. The world will be honestly a mess without them. 😢 And factually, it takes a lot to be a medical professional, a lot of studying, courage and sacrifices. It's like they devote their entire life for human welfare and I don't think they get the appreciation they deserve. People like these should be more popular online and get more recognition.

I don’t know what’s more impressive, the fact that the surgery worked pretty much perfectly, or that the initial injury and following procedure were both survivable.

Won’t fall asleep first ever again

Imagine waking up during this procedure.

Well done

I don't know anything about surgeries so excuse me if I sound dumb, but could someone explain to me how the patient can survive while having his jugulars cut off ??? And how is it possible to fix the optic nerve from the angle shown in the video? Isn't the brain supposed to be in the way ? Please enlighten me.

Bro was the first to fall asleep at the sleepover💀

Me when I fall asleep first at the sleepover

POV: you fell asleep first at the sleepover