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Surgery Live Season 1 Episodes

  • 2009-2009
  • 1 Season
  • Documentary
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For four consecutive nights, top surgeons carried out life-changing operations live in front of a studio audience. While performing brain surgery on an awake patient, open heart surgery and more, the surgeons answered the audiences questions live.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

4 Episodes 2009 - 2009

Episode 1

Open Heart Surgery

To repair the damaged mitral valve, our surgeon repaired it using tiny stitches and a semi-rigid ring.

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Episode 2

Awake Brain Surgery

Our surgeon removed part of the patient's skull to take out suspected tumourous tissue, while the patient was awake.

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Episode 3

Keyhole Stomach Repair

Our surgeon closed the hole in the diaphragm and then wrapped the upper part of the stomach around the bottom of the esophagus.

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Episode 4

Pituitary Tumour Removal

Our surgeon extracted a tumour at the base of the brain, by entering through the nose.

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