Experimental Surgery

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This program follows Great Ormond Street's cardiothoracic surgeons as they perform some of the most difficult and innovative surgery in pediatric medicine. For children who can't 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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59 min 25 sec

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