Accession Number

B621

Series Title

HOMEGROUND

Programme Title

MICROSURGERY

Producer

Gerald Harrison / Paul Colbert

Other Credits

Editor: Des Glancy; Camera: Neil Higginson

Transmission Date

01/01/82

colour+b/w , sound (sep), 14 mins 51 secs

Synopsis

B621/1: Insert focusing on Withington Hospital in Manchester, where microsurgery, skin grafting and replant operations take place. An intricate ankle and shoulder operation is shown in great detail: surgeons and theatre staff work in shifts during the lengthy operation and close-up footage shows incisions being made and stitches being sewn. Includes interviews with Dr Mike Early, Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Martin Bellman, Consultant Plastic Surgeon Peter Craig and Nurse Susan McDermott. Includes black and white hospital video material of the procedure via microscope and general views of the exterior of Withington Hospital. 14m51s