Can a Xenomorph Chestburster be Removed? - Theory

I once talked to a Surgeon who said it might be possible to survive a chest bursting if the patient came under medical attention right away - though of cause it would depend on exactly how much damage was done to vital organs in the process. But he did say that he believed that Kane could have been saved (going on only what he could perceive the damage to be in the movie). He also believed that Kanes heart was undamaged since the blood kept flowing after the chest bursting had happened - such a delightful dinner conversation :D

I thought the title said can a cheeseburger be surgically removed

i was thinking maybe a small electric shock to stop the persons heart might make the facehugger drop off for a second tricking it into thinking somebody died,similar to the stargate atlantis episode with the iratus bug

Actually I think the reason that doctor in Colonial Marines said it was impossible to remove the Chestbuster from Bella without killing her was because of how late into the gestation period the Alien was in. So the placenta growing around it was a defense mechanism it had to keep it from being removed that soon. So really the chance of surviving the procedure depends on when it's done.

In my humble opinion, if Ripley took Weyland-Yutani up on their offer in Alien 3, I believe they would have killed her the second she let her guard down with them, took the xenomorph baby out of her body, and would have done God-knows-what with it.

A theory i've always had on how to safely remove an embryo is to perform surgery on the chest while the facehugger is still attached. Not bothering to remove the parasite itself but instead scanning and monitoring the implantation process step by step and swiftly removing any signs of a forming embryo before it's had a chance to grow into much more than a tiny pulsating tumour This in tern could in theory bypass the normal "dead man's switch" defense of the facehugger by tricking it into thinking that it was still able to do its job and eventually detach and die like normal, since as far as it was concerned, the implantation was a success (and even if it was aware of the death of the embryo, there's nothing it could do about it since it already used up it's energy the first time, so it would still die shortly after the surgery anyway)

A good ol coat hanger will most likely do the trick ¯\(ツ)/¯

Are you considered making a video on the removal of Shaw's embryo in Prometheus? I understand it wasn't a chestburster per say, but I think it's worth investigating.

I believe it's possible, but it may not be successful all the time. It might even depend on the physical health of the host and their will power.

Topic suggestion: "How dangeorus is the Xenomorph's acidic body fluid?" We know it reacts very aggressively against metals and rock but in Aliens after Gorman's recovery Bishop commented that the acid is not that harmful to humans and it serves more to paralyze the victim than kill it, obviously so that the body can be used by the Xenomorphs. Gorman recovered and appeared to be fine and commented that it feels like a hangover but he was capable of fighting shortly after. This begs the question is the blood of the Facehugger or the adult Xenomprh is of different makeup? As a facehugger's blood should be more about self defense to protect against removal by damaging the host or the area while implantation. While a drone's blood would be more inclined to paralyze the victim in case it fights back so that the victim could be recovered and used for reproduction.

In AVP 2010, Katya the synthetic in the marine campaign, knew that the player's partner, Tequila, was infected with the embryo but told them that there was a way to surgically remove the parasite safely. You do end up taking Tequila to the surgery table, but the process was interrupted by the Wayland android.

I'd like the series to explore having a surgically assisted 'bursting', allowing the xenomorph to exit the body at it's normal time but giving it a path that wouldn't kill the host (if at all possible).

Labyrinth was always my favorite Alien comic. Really neat story, and the artist's take on the Alien was just classic and so well done

Why didn't the Ripley clone's blood not damage the surgical tools?

With proper technology, the embryo could be removed safely but not the placenta. In Alien Resurrection, they could safely remove it all, somehow. If the expanded universe can still be seen as possible canon, I'd bet there would be other ways to safely remove the chestburster before full maturation. I do have a question about this process... since during the embryo development, both the host and alien are being in somekind of symbiote relationship. If a safe removal occurs of embryo and the placenta, and the host is in good state, would the host retain some sort of "xeno dna" inside him/her? Would it be possible that the xenos see the "safe host" in other ways and not being able for another impregnation? That would be a marvelous defense against the xenos if that would work! They'd see you as their own, somewhat! Thoughts?

In AVP game 2010, you can remove the alien embryo with a special device.

Surgery is fundamentally a reversal of entropy, in theory any surgery can be performed with techniques which are efficient and precise enough. That said some surgical procedures maybe unfeasible and/or impossible with given resources (technology, medication, expertise). Point is a chest burted could likely be extracted safely, but it is also likely to be a complex and difficult procedure.

There is a short comic story that has the only known survivor of a chestburster in it. It appears that he was already in the operating room when the chestburster emerged and as a result he had most of his body replaced with cybernetics.

I remember Superman digested his chest buster

Another great and informative video, mate. Always look forward to when you release these.