Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Season 6

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.

6 Episodes

  • A Risk Worthing Taking
    E1
    A Risk Worthing TakingSurgeons at University Hospital Southampton take on high-risk surgery to remove life-threatening tumours.
  • All for One
    E2
    All for OneAt University Hospital Southampton, surgeons perform life-saving surgery: taking out a patient’s eye and the tumour behind it and removing an 83-year-old man’s cancerous bladder.
  • The Best Laid Plans
    E3
    The Best Laid PlansSurgeons at University Hospital Southampton operating on two patients - removing rare tumours and correcting a patient’s bowed legs - must alter their plans to avoid catastrophe.
  • Hope
    E4
    HopeSurgeons at University Hospital Southampton face complex surgery to reconstruct a patient’s jaw and remove a cancerous oesophagus.
  • We Can Rebuild You
    E5
    We Can Rebuild YouSurgeons at University Hospital Southampton perform high risk spinal surgery and attempt to repair a patient’s aorta - the body’s biggest artery - that’s threatening to burst.
  • Make or Break
    E6
    Make or BreakThree surgeons operate together on a motorcyclist at University Hospital Southampton’s major trauma centre after a crash leaves the patient with life-changing injuries.

Cast of Season 6

  • Shaun DooleyNarrator

 

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