Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Season 4

6 episodes · Nov 11, 2021

Surgeons at Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke’s hospitals perform complex procedures to save lives. But this comes with great risk and the surgeons bear the ultimate responsibility.

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  • S4E1

    Worth the Risk

    Nov 11, 202155m

    Operations where even a small mistake is catastrophic. Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth hospitals remove a life-threatening tumour and repair a young patient’s aorta.

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  • S4E2

    Total Dedication

    Nov 18, 202155m

    Operations to transform patients’ lives. Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth take on a high-risk spine procedure and perform open heart surgery on an 80-year-old patient.

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  • S4E3

    Putting It Back Together Again

    Nov 25, 202155m

    Surgeons at Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke's hospitals must put their patients back together again after removing life-threatening lung and facial tumours.

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  • S4E4

    Courage

    Dec 2, 202155m

    Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital take on life changing surgery that takes two specialist surgeons two days to perform and involves removing all the organs in the patient’s pelvis.

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  • S4E5

    Quality of Life

    Dec 9, 202155m

    Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital perform a complex procedure to help a patient swallow again and remove a tumour that is threatening a patient’s vision.

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  • S4E6

    Major Trauma - #Surgeons

    Dec 16, 202155m

    Addenbrooke’s major trauma team and surgeons treat some of the country's most critically injured patients. Multiple teams must decide whether a man's damaged arm can be saved.

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