TV Guide: Surgery Saved My Life

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Allison's Surgery

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Dr. Jaquiss finds that getting to Allison's heart will be as challenging as operating on the heart itself.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Brain Road Map

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A scan of Dominic's brain reveals the tumor encroaching upon the parts of his brain that control his musical skill.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Awake Craniotomy

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Dominic's brain surgery will take place while he is awake to make sure none of his cognitive skills are damaged.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Dominic's Condition

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Dominic Bakewell's love of singing is threatened by a brain tumor. Awake brain surgery is his best chance of saving his passion and his life.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Sky's Surgery

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Dr. Victor Perry embarks on surgery that will map the brain signals causing Sky's epilepsy.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Gretchen Eats

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

After a six-organ transplant, replacing her stomach and other vital organs, Gretchen resumes eating on her own without assistance from tubes.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Gretchen's Surgery

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Dr. Kareem must watch for blood loss as he removes six of his patient's intestinal organs for transplantion.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Extreme Spine Surgery

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

One of the world's top spinal surgeons faces his most challenging surgery yet on a boy with a spinal bend of 90 degrees.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Gretchen's Condition

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

See how a rare disease, chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction, literally twists Gretchen's stomach in knots.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Suresh's Condition

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Suresh Bassagani has a condition called a Tessier facial cleft and only a life-threatening surgery can reconstuct his face.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Sky's Condition

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

See what epilepsy looks like in Sky's body.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Suresh's Surgery

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Get an upclose look at craniofacial surgery and see what it takes to reconstruct a face misshappen by a rare birth defect.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Alex's Surgery

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Alex Pratt gets his second kidney transplant. See the surgery from the inside.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Juma's Spine

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Dr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei explains the unusual bend in his patient Juma's spine and CGI illustrates.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Anti-Epileptic Drugs

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

See how anti-epileptic drugs can effect the brain.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Juma's Surgery

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

In an extremely risky surgery, Dr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei must force his patient Juma's spine straight. See how it's done.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Allison's Condition

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Doctors say Allison's ill-positioned heart is a time-bomb in her chest.

Video: Surgery Saved My Life: Transplant Innovator

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Meet Thomas Starzl, one of the pioneers in organ transplantation, and his successor.