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Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Summary Cameras follow surgeons, anaesthetists, theatre staff and patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham's surgical unit, where surgeons push medical boundaries to the limit. View more details

  • 2018
  • 3h

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Shaun Dooley Steven Jeffery Sam Ford Tim Martin

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 7, 2018

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : British Broadcasting Corporation

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Dragonfly Film and Television Productions

Summary Cameras follow surgeons, anaesthetists, theatre staff and patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham's surgical unit, where surgeons push medical boundaries to the limit. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 7, 2018

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : British Broadcasting Corporation

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Dragonfly Film and Television Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 07, 2018
The Longest Day
Maxillofacial surgeons Tim and Sat prepare for a marathon operation on 53-year-old Teresa who has a cancerous tumour in her face and will die in a matter of weeks unless it is removed.
Episode 2 • Jan 14, 2018
Last Chance Saloon
74-year-old Jasmine has a vast tumour in her abdomen weighing more than 3 stone. It is consuming her, displacing organs including her stomach and liver. Unless it can be removed she has just 4 weeks to live.
Episode 3 • Jan 21, 2018
The Pioneers
The series concludes by following clinical trials being held at the hospital. Surgeons implant a microphone into a patient's head. A woman receives a liver that would not normally be transplanted.
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