Comments on: Forgot the name of a surgery TV show.

Question: Forgot the name of a surgery TV show.

gregr — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:15:59 -0800

I'm looking for the name of a TV show that showed one surgery per episode. It came on in the late 90's. It was on Discovery, TLC, or a similar channel. The show was an hour long. I remember there being shows about knee replacement, breast reduction, and something laparoscopic. I thought it was called "The Surgery".

By: Drastic

Drastic — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:24:22 -0800

Most likely, The Operation.

By: karizma

karizma — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:24:27 -0800

Are you referring to "The Operation"? It looks like it ran from 1993 - 2001. I remember watching it.

By: sanka

sanka — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:25:39 -0800

Oh jeeze yes. It was very graphic and the thing that put the Discovery channel on the map.

By: cmgonzalez

cmgonzalez — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:34:54 -0800

Definitely has to be The Operation. Boy, my friends thought I was a weirdo for liking that.

By: gregr

gregr — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:10:13 -0800

Yes! The Operation sounds right. Any ideas where I can find The Operation on DVD, VHS, BitTorrent, etc?

By: gregr

gregr — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:25:31 -0800

I found the show for sale at absurd prices. Any ideas where I can get this without paying $2500? Maybe I can borrow it from a library?

By: neuron

neuron — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:36:42 -0800

I have 5 episodes of The Operation on VHS. I can fairly easily convert them to DVD. If you want copies, check your MeFi mail. The ones I have are: knee replacement, jaw, breast, mitral valve replacement, parathyroid.