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Russian volunteers to be the first man to undergo complete head transplant

A patient has volunteered to become the first person in the world to undergo a complete head transplant.

Valery Spiridonov, 30, says he is prepared to be operated on by surgeon Dr Sergio Canavero who claims he can remove a head and attach it to a healthy body.

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