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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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