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Brain Surgery

Neurosurgery is the most difficult and delicate of all surgical disciplines. In this program, Dr. Richard Winn, chair and surgeon in chief of the University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center, leads his elite staff in operating on a 36-year-old woman with an arterial venous malformation which could cause death instantly if it bursts; a man who lost his job due to epilepsy and wants to have the scarred brain tissue removed; a pregnant woman who has a spinal cortex tumor; and two children who have sustained head injuries in a car accident. Viewer discretion is advised. A Discovery Channel Production. (46 minutes)



 
            

Item#: BVL30350
Copyright date: ©2001
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-5278-3



Part of the Series : Lifeline
     
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