Inside the Operating Theatre

A girl has an operation to have squints in both eyes realigned, a man has his infected gall bladder removed and an ex-police officer is having a grommet inserted in her ear.

A woman has an operation to repair the hernia she suffered while giving birth and a four-year-old's ear blockage is so bad he needs a general anaesthetic to it sucked out.

Dr Fox is in the visitors' room for a change when his fiancee Sally has an operation to remove her wisdom teeth. Another patient has surgery to have a double hernia repaired.

One patient is flown home from holiday for an urgent operation to repair a detached retina, while another has a leaky vein that has caused an ulcer in his leg.

Lyn has an investigation of her womb after a recent biopsy revealed abnormal cells and Steve is worried about only getting a local anaesthetic before his varicose veins are removed.

Julia has a camera investigation of her womb to find out the reason for her heavy bleeding and Emma has a section of bone removed from her foot to cure a painful condition.

Twenty-one-year-old Ben needs his gall bladder removing as a result of losing 11 stone, while AJ is having an operation to free the painful compressed nerves in her toes.

Connie needs a polyp taking from her womb, Carl is undergoing keyhole surgery to remove torn cartilage from his knee and Brad is having a varicose vein stripped from his leg.

An eight-year-old is having an operation to straighten his squint, a man needs an ultrasound to confirm whether he has cancer and a new mum is having her wisdom teeth removed.

A 15-year-old has four baby teeth that have not fallen out and need removing, while a woman needs an operation to stop her persistent nose bleeds.