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Experimental Surgery

Episode 6 of 6

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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Thu 21 Jun 2012 01:20

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Director Simon Gilchrist
Director Simon Gilchrist
Executive Producer Emma Hindley
Executive Producer Emma Hindley

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