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Getting Better

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May 7, 2019

A surgeon performs the most complex operation in his field: removing a woman’s oesophagus and using her own stomach to replace it. Another team tackles a hard-to-reach tumour

Full Episodes

Season 2, 6 episodes

One False Move,

A patient needs to be awake and talking during brain surgery so his neurosurgeon can remove as much of his tumour as possible, and a cardiac surgeon takes on a risky aorta repair.

59m Apr 9, 2019

Pushing The Boundaries,

Maxillofacial surgeon Tim Martin operates on a woman with a disease so rare, he’s thought to be the first in the UK to attempt the procedure.

59m Apr 16, 2019

A Risk Worth Taking?,

Surgeons at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in England take on radical operations to help change patients’ lives, including their largest-ever removal of excess tissue.

58m Apr 23, 2019

A New Beginning?,

At Birmingham Children’s Hospital in England, surgeons must transplant a kidney from a father to his two-year-old son, while a young girl needs a life-changing heart procedure

59m Apr 30, 2019

Getting Better,

A surgeon performs the most complex operation in his field: removing a woman’s oesophagus and using her own stomach to replace it. Another team tackles a hard-to-reach tumour

59m May 7, 2019

Every Second Counts,

Surgeons take on major trauma operations at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They have just minutes to save a woman with a life-threatening bleed on her brain.

59m May 14, 2019