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microsurgery

intricate surgery performed on cells, tissues, etc., using a specially designed operating microscope and miniature precision instruments
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microsurgery

[¦mī·krō′sər·jə·rē]
(biology)
Surgery on single cells by micromanipulation.
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microsurgery

Surgical 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.
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The microsurgical instruments market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.2% from USD 1,690.2 million in 2019 to USD 2,173.6 million by 2024.
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In 1962 Jacobson together with Donaghy reported the first endarterectomy from the middle cerebral artery, using microsurgical reconstruction [36].
ColubrisMX is developing a "minimally invasive" microsurgical robotic device that can treat life-threatening conditions such as fetal malformations and brain abnormalities through microsurgery.
Craniotomy with a trans-cortical or a trans-callosal approach were the mainstay of treatment for some time but have been recently lost out to more minimally invasive microsurgical methods.
The global healthcare bio-MEMS market segmentation is based on product type (accelerometers and gyroscopes), and applications (bionics, cardio-MEMS, ENT implants, microsurgical tools, neural implants, point-of-care, tissue engineering, and others).
In 2005, Pai S B and Varma R G did dissection-based study on the microsurgical anatomy of the MCA.
With the development of microsurgical techniques, operating loupes and microscope, better results were achieved.
Recent improvements in microsurgical techniques have moreover replaced the more conservative approach to such tumours suggesting that the previous concepts of a conservative approach with gaining histological evidence and radiotherapy is to be challenged.
A miniature version could grip and transport drug capsules or microsurgical instruments through living tissue.
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