Operation Live - Episode Guide

Life-changing open-heart surgery begins from the moment the chest is opened and the heart is stopped, right through as a new aortic valve is implanted, and the heart is restarted.

In a time-critical procedure, the ends of the bones of a patient's degenerated knee joint are removed and replaced with specially designed metal-and-plastic substitutes.

With millimetre precision, a cancerous section of bowel is pulled out of the body while still attached internally, so that the tumour can be cut out before the rest of the organ is re-inserted.

Surgeons, having previously removed the organ from the patient's father, transplant a kidney into a patient who has suffered end-stage kidney failure.

An 18-year-old born with scoliosis has her 60-degree spinal curvature straightened in a delicate, precision-perfect procedure in which the surgeon attaches screws and rods along the entire length of the spine.

A patient undergoes a vascular neuro-surgery procedure, in which the surgeon exposes the brain, then dissects between the brain and the skull base, following the blood vessels to find their aneurysm, which he will then render harmless with a clip.