Surgeons - at the edge of life BBC

[ewolg]

Fascinating stuff and personally, I’m always in awe of their skills. No Haynes manuals there...

[KTF]

The lady who had the choice between losing her right eye or dying of the cancer. How on earth do you get your head round that decision...

[ewolg]

She appeared to be very matter of fact about it and a massive decision. Hope she is fine now.

[FredClogs]

I've had to turn it over a couple of times, the mix of anxiety and squeemishness is making me feel quite unwell. Fair play to them though, amazing job.

[ewolg]

An amazingly good outcome for both women featured. With that prosthetic eye, she’ll look great.

[TheGuru]

KTF said:

The lady who had the choice between losing her right eye or dying of the cancer. How on earth do you get your head round that decision...

Terrifying stuff, and probably a lot more common than we think - similar to all these people that get things like necrotising fasciitis, gangrene etc. Huge chunks of their bodies removed, multiple (sometimes all) limbs etc.

[KTF]

Bump for whats on this evenings show: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-42663918/floati...

[ewolg]

That huge tumor in that woman! No wonder she looked ill and no doubt it’s the biggest thing they’ve removed from a patient.

[travel is dangerous]

this is pretty incredible

[Leroy902]

I had major brain surgery at the QE hospital last year.
The surgeon there is 1 off 2 in the whole of Europe that does the type of surgery I had done.
Really does have a magicians brain/hands.

[FredClogs]

How big is that tumour? Jesus Christ!

And how much kitchen roll did they stuff in the cavity?

[FredClogs]

19.5kg!? Wtf!

[alfie2244]

FredClogs said:

19.5kg!? Wtf!

[travel is dangerous]

I have done risky, dangerous stuff at work but it's never anybody else's wellbeing/life in my hands. It's one thing to rely on your skills to preserve yourself, but quite another kind of confidence must be needed to place someone else's life at the mercy of your own abilities.

[marksx]

Incredible.

[Abbott]

I thought the most impressive thing was that they are conducting a phenomenally complex and tricky procedure while your colleagues are man handling a 20kg lump of crap which is stopping them from seeing clearly what is going on. Deep respect

[EXKAY120]

Brilliant people who deserve every penny they earn !!!

[anonymous-user]

EXKAY120 said:

Brilliant people who deserve every penny they earn !!!

Totally agree. I cannot even begin to imagine the responsibility of having your hands inside the body of another trying to fix them!

[Saleen836]

Stop the heart and drain the body of all the blood along with drop the body temp to 18c...you know just an average day at work!

[ewolg]

That huge tumor in that woman! No wonder she looked ill and no doubt it’s the biggest thing they’ve removed from a patient.