The operation live.

Fiona Macdonald reports from the Queens Medical Centre, University College Hospital, Nottingham. The programme follows Lisa Marchant as she undergoes a cesarean section operation to aid the birth of her 3rd child, a boy. We see this operation in detail and also see footage of earlier examinations on the maternity ward. In the studio two top surgeons talk us through this operation and describe (with accompanying screen footage) some of the most pioneering operations currently available in this country including footage of a heart bypass operation, intrauterine surgery on a tiny fetus and the latest in keyhole surgery techniques. And Fiona Macdonald visits the surgeon who operated on her face several times following her road accident some years ago.