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microsurgery
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microsurgery

 or micromanipulation

Surgical 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.


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.


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

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


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She also was instrumental in fund-raising efforts for a surgical microscope for use in neurosurgery, microsurgeries and reconstructive surgery, including breast reconstruction for cancer survivors.
In the operatingrooms of the future, surgeons may routinely use medical adhesives in place of sutures and staples, especially in very delicate microsurgeries where sutures and staples can damage tissue.
 
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