Steven Todd
Director
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life (2018)
Season 3
Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform lives.
Released Jan. 8, 2018
Episode 58 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: Dragonfly Film and Television Productions
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English,
Spanish,
Portuguese
S3E1 - The Pioneers
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.
Oct. 6, 2020, midnight
S3E2 - Marathon Day
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.
Oct. 13, 2020, midnight
S3E3 - No Room for Error
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.
Oct. 20, 2020, midnight
S3E4 - The Surgeon's Dilemma
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.
Oct. 27, 2020, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 58 min.
Season Runtime: 58 min.
Released: Jan. 8, 2018
Last Air Date: April 2, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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