Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death

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  • Premiered: Jul 2023
  • Episodes: 12
  • Followers: 0
  • Running
  • 5
  • Wednesday at 21
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Episode 1
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Air date
Jul 20, 2023
Stephen has highly aggressive jaw cancer and undergoes ground-breaking surgery to save his life. Hilary is suffering from a rare carcinoid tumour and faces a complex procedure with a 40% risk of death.
1x2
Episode 2
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Air date
Jul 27, 2023
Following a liver transplant, an operation to remove a rare cancer of the soft palette, and a particularly nasty open fracture of a woman's lower leg.
1x3
Episode 3
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Air date
Aug 03, 2023
If surgeons don't operate on Pratyush soon, his tumour could push him into a coma, before killing him. Mariella needs a ground-breaking procedure for a recurring bowel cancer.
1x4
Episode 4
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Air date
Aug 10, 2023
Laura, 29, has an incurable brain tumour. To extend her life, she needs it removed. But the hugely risky surgery will have a drastic effect on her memory and may even kill her.
1x5
Episode 5
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Air date
Aug 17, 2023
A risky operation on a 66-year-old's massive aortic aneurism, a complicated procedure to remove an angiosarcoma, and an operation which carries a significant risk of facial paralysis.
1x6 Season finale
Episode 6
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Air date
Aug 24, 2023
Gary has a rare tumour lodged in his spine. Leaving it in place will probably lead to paralysis, but an operation carries a huge risk. Margaret has developed a spontaneous hole in her skull.

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