


Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death
Season 1 Episode 1 of 6
Cameras follow life-saving operations at the University Hospitals Birmingham. The first episode features Stephen, 53, whose rapidly growing and aggressive mouth and jaw cancer is a cause for critical concern. Surgeons Prav Praveen and Sat Parmar need to urgently perform an extraordinary and radical procedure - removing and discarding Stephen's jaw, two thirds of his tongue and his bottom teeth, while rebuilding the jaw using bone from his leg and creating an entirely new tongue from his own flesh
Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death airs on 5 HD at 11:30 PM, Tuesday 26 August. (Subtitles, repeat.)
Topics
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Simon Bowyer
Producer
Edmund Davis
Producer
Louise Pirie
Producer
Malcolm Brinkworth
Executive Producer