Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

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One False Move
Episode overview
Neurosurgeon Ismail Ughratdar has to wake his patient up during an operation to remove his brain tumour. Meanwhile, consultant cardiac surgeon Jorge Mascaro also takes on a complex .. show full overview
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Pushing The Boundaries
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Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon Tim Martin and his operating partner Sat Parmar are planning a marathon operation on former police officer Loretta. They believe they are the first UK surgeons to operate on the disease Loretta's suffering from.
2x3
A Risk Worth Taking?
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Surgeons at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital carry out radical operations to help change patients’ lives, including the hospital’s largest ever removal of excess tissue.
2x4
A New Beginning?
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At Birmingham Children’s Hospital, surgeons must transplant a kidney from a father to his two-year-old son, while a three-year-old girl needs a life-changing heart procedure.
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Getting Better
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A surgeon performs the most complex operation in his field: removing a woman’s oesophagus and using her own stomach to replace it. Another team tackles a hard-to-reach tumour.
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Every Second Counts
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Surgeons take on major trauma operations at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They have just minutes to save a woman with a life-threatening bleed on her brain.