Episode

NOVA: Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart

Name: NOVA: Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart
Released: 1988-09-13
Duration: 55 min
Cast: Jay O. Sanders, Lance Lewman, Neil Ross, Liev Schreiber, Craig Sechler

NOVASeason 151988-09-13

Overview

Once unthinkable, open-heart surgery is now an everyday miracle. NOVA looks at the brave doctors and patients who make it possible.

Details

Series: NOVA
Season: Season 15
Episode: Episode 13
Air date: 1988-09-13
Runtime: 55 min

Episode context

Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart is Episode 13 in Season 15 of NOVA. It aired on 1988-09-13. The runtime is 55 min.

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Episode 12: Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft 1988-09-06 | 55 min Part one of a four-part series on the pioneers of modern surgery relives the early days, when surgery was practiced without the benefit of anaesthesia or antisceptics and patients usually died.

Episode 14: Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old 1988-09-20 | 55 min From kidneys to hearts, NOVA examines the daring attempts to replace diseased organs with transplanted ones.

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