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  • It really depends what you mean by survive.

    You could do ECMO and dialysis and get rid of the heart, lungs and kidneys, parenteral nutrition to feed via an IV so no need for a gut.

    The patient would be bed bound and at immediate risk of dying from a complication but in theory that’s basically an empty abdominal cavity connected to a brain and a bunch of machines.

    You would need enough decent sized blood vessels left to connect it all up but otherwise not much physically.