Surgically, how many body parts can be removed without causing death and what do you call the operation?

Question

I'm talking about the human body -internal and external body parts.

Answer 1

Technically you can remove the arms and legs, about 5 to 6 ribs, the hip bone, some of the vertibrae of the spine up till the ribcage, the appendix, the gall bladder, one of the kidneys, 3 quarters of the liver (if it's healthy), you can take at least half of the intestines, all most all of the fat, the reproductive system, the sphincter, the colon(male), one lung, the stomach, the spleen, both eyes, the tongue, the ears/eardrums, the nose/sinus cavities, the tonsils, the jaw, the upper teeth, and about a third of the skin, providing the area was covered over with something to prevent infection(but it would grow back). You can also remove the upper front sections of the brain, and portions of the back of the brain, as long as you don't take from the area directly above the spinal column.

There would be no name for that surgery, it would be torture, especially removing each item without anesthesia, one inch at a time. Have a defibrillator and white hot iron nearby to cauterize the wound and restart their heart every time it stops from shock, and keep them on a saline iv.

The person would have to be fed intravenously after that and would need a bag to hold their fecal material and urine.

The person would be totally dependent on outside assistance for survival, and if all of it was done at once they may die of massive infection.

Those are all of the removable things that I know of but there may be other minor organs that can be removed with the right compensation.

Answer 2

It really depends. If you take out the heart or the brain then it would only take one organ being removed to cause death. You can lose quite a few body parts though and still live. My cousin has had his legs amputated and tissue taken from various parts of his body.
There is no specific surgery that is meant to remove as many body parts as possible without killing someone.

Answer 3

removing any limb is called amputation.
removing an organ is called ectomy.
For example, some people had a kidney removed. This would be called a nephrectomy. Lobodomies used to be done 50 years ago, but now that science has advanced alot and pharmacologic substances no longer cause side-effects to 90% of the population, lobodomies are no longer done (plus, lobodomies have really bad side effects, like changing the personality)...i hope this helps.

Answer 4

In heaven there will be better things than orgasms. We will have bodies. 1Cr 15:47 Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven. 1Cr 15:48 Every human being has an earthly body just like Adam's, but our heavenly bodies will be just like Christ's. 1Cr 15:49 Just as we are now like Adam, the man of the earth, so we will someday be like Christ, the man from heaven. 1Cr 15:50 What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These perishable bodies of ours are not able to live forever. 1Cr 15:51 But let me tell you a wonderful secret God has revealed to us. Not all of us will die, but we will all be transformed. 1Cr 15:52 It will happen in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, the Christians who have died [fn] will be raised with transformed bodies. And then we who are living will be transformed so that we will never die. 1Cr 15:53 For our perishable earthly bodies must be transformed into heavenly bodies that will never die. 1Cr 15:54 When this happens--when our perishable earthly bodies have been transformed into heavenly bodies that will never die--then at last the Scriptures will come true: "Death is swallowed up in victory. [fn] 1Cr 15:55 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" [fn]

Answer 5

If you are talking about one surgery to remove diseased or damaged tissue, I think the most radical is an hemiectomy. It pretty much removes the bottom half of you body, and is only rarely used. Can include stomach and spleen, and all parts south.

Answer 6

Yuck

Answer 7

as long as vital organs are not removed, the arms legs, nose, ears, and apendix is about it. as long as the person has someone to provide for them. but i dont think there is a name for that, i dont even think that is a legall unless necassary surgery. you can also remove a kidney. i think thats it

Answer 8

Normally you can only remove your heart, brain and kidneys without ill effect.

Answer 9

Depends on which parts, some are more vital than others.

Answer 10

ARE you planning to sell your organs???