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microsurgeryor micromanipulationSurgical technique for operating on minute structures, with specialized, tiny precision instruments under observation through a microscope, sometimes equipped with cameras to show the operation on a monitor. Microsurgery permits operations that were once impossible—surgery on the delicate bones of the inner and middle ear, reattachment of severed limbs or digits, repair of the retina, and removal of tumours intricately embedded in vital structures. microsurgerySurgical operations on humans with the aid of a microscope. Dating back to the 1960s, microsurgery is routinely performed to reconstruct damaged tissue by reattaching skin, bone and blood vessels or moving them from one part of the body to another. See microhand. microsurgery intricate surgery performed on cells, tissues, etc., using a specially designed operating microscope and miniature precision instruments |
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Most recently, he completed a fellowship in hand and microvascular surgery at Curtis National Hand Center in Baltimore. During the first decade of microvascular surgery, the focus was on developing techniques that would increase the survival of free flaps. A few years later, with training in microvascular surgery for breast reconstruction (Peter) and specialized hand surgery (Majidian) under their belts, the two younger doctors joined the Grossman practice. |
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