Operating Next to the Brainstem: 30-Year-Old’s Final Chance at Surgery | Hospital

"He was given a few months to live... but one neurosurgeon in the UK was prepared to attempt the impossible." At Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, 3-year-old Charlie faces an aggressive brainstem tumor called an ependymoma. After being placed on palliative care when standard treatments failed, his family turns to lead pediatric neurosurgeon Conner Mallucci for a high-risk second-look operation. ⏩Continue watching the Superhospital series: 👉https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gBm7DwLXxIOKI9Jdq-PpSWzUem0rKgt Subscribe to Emergencies Up Close - https://www.youtube.com/@EmergenciesUpCloseITVS?sub_confirmation=1 Watch More Documentaries Up Close - youtube.com/@UCk4gf0vIPFwrV34NbaqCQyw Crime Up Close - youtube.com/@UC_HjTn8kjf9QSuYM6SqdKJg Rails, Roads & Runways - youtube.com/@UCsSBzp1ZwlOPMmzfiocKHVA Blueprint - youtube.com/@UCJqo83iPTdpMNOT-3O-RnKA Our History - youtube.com/@UCx88hWQrq8fWZnpsiZZBqnA True Lives - youtube.com/@UCT9ehHCu59wpsPyrcKZt72w Our World - youtube.com/@UCouPeqI9PDQ4kSI2lOEOLpg Our Stories - youtube.com/@UC-hzoAk2bSnoqW0LmECa5WA Taste - youtube.com/@UCyZQGi9vZNFQHouRKLndszA Get access like never before to the lives of police officers, firefighters and doctors with a collection of the best documentaries following emergency workers worldwide. Content distributed by ITV Studios. #hospital #documentary #emergency