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Surgeons: At the Edge of Life Episodes

    Episode 4Series 4

    4/6 Surgeons at Addenbrooke鈥檚 perform life changing surgery that takes two days to perform.

    Episode 3Series 4

    3/6 Surgeons must reconstruct their patients' bodies after removing life-threatening tumours.

    Episode 2Series 4

    2/6 Surgeons perform complex spinal surgery where the risk of paralysis is high.

    Episode 1Series 4

    1/6 Surgeons at Royal Papworth and Addenbrookes remove a face tumour and repair an aorta.

    Episode 4Series 3

    4/4 Surgeons at Royal Papworth replace the body's biggest blood vessel with a synthetic tube.

    Episode 3Series 3

    3/4 Surgeons perform one of the most difficult procedures - a double lung transplant.

    Episode 2Series 3

    2/4 Two surgeons and a team of 25 operate for 18 hours to salvage a high-risk procedure.

    Episode 1Series 3

    1/4 Surgeons at Royal Papworth drain a patient's body of blood to remove clots in their lungs.

    Every Second CountsSeries 2

    Surgeons have just minutes to perform life-saving emergency trauma operations.

    Getting BetterSeries 2

    A surgeon removes a woman鈥檚 oesophagus and uses her own stomach to replace it.

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