Documentary series going beyond the theatre doors of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where surgeons push medical boundaries to the limits. Every Second Counts Surgeons have just minutes to perform life-saving emergency trauma operations. Getting Better A surgeon removes a woman’s oesophagus and uses her own stomach to replace it. A New Beginning? At Birmingham Children’s Hospital, two children undergo life-changing surgical procedures. A Risk Worth Taking? Surgeons carry out Queen Elizabeth Hospital's largest ever removal of excess tissue. Pushing The Boundaries A facial surgeon ventures into uncharted territory to operate on a patient’s rare disease. One False Move The series returns with brain surgery on a patient who is awake and a risky aorta repair.
