Article: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/02/28/quadruple-limb-transplant-patient-dies/
Summary: This news story features a 27 year old Turkish man named Sevket Cavdar, who was subject to a quadruple limb transplant. He lost all his limbs during a freak accident in 1998, while he was electrocuted. The surgery was not a success. Usually, limb transplants place an extraordinary amount of strain on the heart, but this man had an amazing four limb transplant. After a few days, doctors had to remove one of the limbs. And eventually removed all. The cause was because of metabolic imbalance.
Question: Just weeks before, a patient went through the same process but instead with three limbs, she died shortly after. If it is obvious that this feat may almost be impossible, why do doctors continue to allow these treatments? Do the physical plus's outweigh the negatives?
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