Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Season 3

4 episodes · Oct 6, 2020

Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform lives.

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  • S3E1

    The Pioneers

    Oct 6, 202055m

    David Jenkins, a world-leading surgeon at Royal Papworth, performs one of surgery's most technically demanding, and extraordinary, operations. Called a pulmonary endarterectomy (PTE), no other hospital in the UK offers this procedure.

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  • S3E2

    Marathon Day

    Oct 13, 202055m

    Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge are renowned for the expertise of their surgical staff. At both centres, surgeons undertake some of the most complex operations in the world, where technical skill is paramount.

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  • S3E3

    No Room for Error

    Oct 20, 202055m

    Surgeons Marius Berman and Pedro Catarino take on one of the most difficult transplant procedures at Royal Papworth: the double lung transplant. With donor organs in such short supply, there is even more pressure to execute the operation perfectly.

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  • S3E4

    The Surgeon's Dilemma

    Oct 27, 202055m

    Surgeons have to balance the considerable risks of a procedure against the risks of not treating their patients' conditions at all. Maureen has an enlarged aorta which could be fatal if it bursts, but the operation to fix it is also very high risk.

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