Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife
NOVA · Season 15 · Episode 15
Surgeons have always been eager to help patients, even at the risk of killing them. NOVA looks at some of the excesses of surgery, and at how new drugs and technologies are rendering some operations obsolete.
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Season
15
Episode
15
Air Date
27/Sep/1988
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
55 min
Overview
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Surgeons have always been eager to help patients, even at the risk of killing them. NOVA looks at some of the excesses of surgery, and at how new drugs and technologies are rendering some operations obsolete.
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