The Best Surgery & Transplants Documentaries

Health & the Body - 17 free documentaries about surgery & transplants.

Start with Watch One Family's Journey Through A Life-Changing Face Transplant (23 min, National Geographic), then "Pierre Was In A Lot Of Pain": Andrea DeCruz On His Recovery Post-Transplant (23 min, CNA Insider). All 17 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on surgery & transplants is Do No Harm by Marsh, Henry.

• Watch One Family's Journey Through A Life-Changing Face Transplant (23 min, National Geographic)
• "Pierre Was In A Lot Of Pain": Andrea DeCruz On His Recovery Post-Transplant | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)
• The Heartbreaking Reality of Organ Transplant Waitlists (54 min, ENDEVR)
• My Life After Death: Inside Organ Donation (54 min, Real Stories)
• Dr. Heartbreak: The Surgeon Who Stole My Savings (44 min, Real Stories)
• War in Sudan - A surgeon and his team working to save lives in the Nuba Mountains (52 min, DW Documentary)
• The Broken Economics of Organ Transplants (14 min, Wendover Productions)
• Operation Thunderbolt: The Deadly Raid On Entebbe (49 min, Wonder)
• Operation Demetra: The Biggest Archaeological Heist You've Never Heard Of (46 min, Odyssey)
• Operation ICE: Removing Criminal Immigrants Across The U.S. (48 min, Wonder)
• Israel's Illegal Kidney Market | Organ Trafficking (25 min, ENDEVR)
• The Ancient Origins of Plastic Surgery (49 min, Spark)
• How 3D Printed Body Parts Are Transforming Medical Practice | 3D Nation - Part 2/8 (23 min, CNA Insider)
• The Devil Operation (52 min, Real Stories)
• Operation Valkyrie: Inside The Failed Attempt To Assassinate Hitler (74 min, Wonder)
• Cerebral Palsy: The Dangerous Surgery Fighting an "Incurable" Disease (65 min, Real Stories)
• Operation Barbarossa Files: Inside The Biggest FBI Hunt For Lost WWII Secrets (42 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Surgery & Transplants

1. Do No Harm by Marsh, Henry (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
2. Complications by Atul Gawande (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
3. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris - View on Amazon