Experimental Surgery
Documentary series. Following the hospital's cardiothoracic surgeons as they perform some of the most difficult and innovative surgery in paediatric medicine.
Following the hospital's cardiothoracic surgeons as they perform some of the most difficult and innovative surgery in paediatric medicine. For children who cannot be cured using conventional methods, the only option is experimental surgery.
However, surgery at the edge of what is possible carries the highest risk. As these families and doctors step into the unknown they face tough ethical questions about whether it is right to proceed with such uncertainty.
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Cutting-edge surgery
Duration: 01:19
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Role | Contributor |
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Director | Simon Gilchrist |
Director | Simon Gilchrist |
Executive Producer | Emma Hindley |
Executive Producer | Emma Hindley |
Find out about the complex issues surrounding children's treatment
The right to decide; the child, the parent, the medical professionals - who decides?