Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

So, I'm sure there are surgical training videos that show procedures from beginning to end in the highest detail, and there are medical documentaries that blur out anything more serious than a papercut - this is kind of in the middle. You get the human angle of the patients and families and doctors, and the surgical detail of... well... the only blurring is for patient modesty. There are detailed descriptions of the planning of the procedure, demonstrations of any implants, explanations of surgical techniques - I was thrilled when they used a "flap" to save the skin on a badly burned hand. My Dad was a plastic and reconstructive surgeon (and his wife Kathleen assisted as his nurse) - he brought me a t-shirt from a conference on flaps... and so of course he had to explain them. I think I was 14 at the time... anyway, this is an amazing show, imho - I think it answers so many questions: What do surgeons do? How do they do it? What are they thinking about? Can some particular person be helped by surgery to have a better quality of life? Or life at all? How long can I look at real life surgery, in high definition, without turning away? ;-) It's just a great show! Or your money back from the cost of reading this review.