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20 March 2014updated 21 Mar 2014 9:53am

Life and death at his fingertips: watching a brain surgeon at work

Henry Marsh is one of the country's top neurosurgeons and a pioneer of neurosurgical advances in Ukraine. Erica Wagner witnesses life on a knife-edge.

By Erica Wagner

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Hands of a craftsman: surgeon Harry Marsh describes neurosurgery as bomb disposal work. Photo: Tom Pilston

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