Brain Surgeons: Between Life and Death

Channel 4 +1

11:00 PM to 12:05 AM

Tuesday 5 August

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Documentary following patients undergoing life-changing brain surgery at the Neurological Centre in Southampton - one of Britain's foremost neurosurgical units, where some of the most difficult and complex operations in the country are performed. Twelve-year-old Matthew faces a gruelling two-day operation to remove an extremely rare tumour deep in his mid-brain, next to his pineal gland. This is a region key to the functioning of sight, muscles, hearing and sensation. With access to the hospital's team of leading paediatric surgeons, the programme follows the doctors' attempts at a delicate and risky operation, which could save Matthew's life