Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Season 5

2023 · 6 episodes · 5h 51m in all

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge perform complex procedures to save lives. But this comes with great risk, and the surgeons bear the ultimate responsibility.

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Major Trauma - Back from the Brink

   18 Jan 2023 · 59 min

   Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Major Trauma Centre must operate on a single mum who has a severed spinal cord and a critically injured motorcyclist.

2. 2

   2. Every Moment Counts

   25 Jan 2023 · 59 min

   Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital perform brain surgery on a patient who is awake and attempt to repair a section of the body’s biggest blood vessel that’s threatening to burst.

3. 3

   3. Back to Life

   1 Feb 2023 · 58 min

   Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s operate against the clock to remove a kidney from a husband and transplant it into his wife who is in end stage kidney failure.

4. 4

   4. Danger Zone

   8 Feb 2023 · 59 min

   Addenbrooke’s surgeons take on two high-risk operations; surgery to excise tumours near the spinal cord and a procedure to remove a dangerous mass off the body’s largest vein.

5. 5

   5. Make or Break

   15 Feb 2023 · 58 min

   Addenbrooke’s surgeons perform life changing scoliosis surgery to straighten the spine of their 17-year-old patient but face the risk of causing paralysis.

6. 6

   6. One Step at a Time

   22 Feb 2023 · 58 min

   Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Major Trauma Centre must operate on two road accident victims who have suffered life-changing injuries so serious they could lead to an amputation.