Surgeons: At the Edge of Life - Season 5
1 - Major Trauma - Back from the Brink
Air Date: January 18, 2023
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 - Every Moment Counts
Air Date: January 25, 2023
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 - Back to Life
Air Date: February 1, 2023
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 - Danger Zone
Air Date: February 8, 2023
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 - Make or Break
Air Date: February 15, 2023
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 - One Step at a Time
Air Date: February 22, 2023
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.