Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20160825171839/@comment-26397825-20160826051817

Ironwood pnly lost one lung and his heart is on the opposite side of the replacements. They could arguably keep his lung and heart artificially beating and breathing while they rushed to install the new part of his chest.

Whereas if the entire torso needs replacing, they can't really do that.

However, if it's simply a section of the chest and not the entire chest then it's a lot more believable.