microsurgery /mi·cro·sur·gery/ (-sur´jĕ-re) dissection of minute structures under the microscope by means of hand-held instruments.microsur´gical
Microsurgery
microsurgery
microsurgery,
microsurgery
mi·cro·sur·ger·y (m  kr -sûr j -r )n. Surgery on minute body structures or cells performed with the aid of a microscope and other specialized instruments, such as a micromanipulator. |
Microsurgery
Surgery on small body structures or cells performed with the aid of a microscope and other specialized instruments.
Mentioned in: General Surgery
microsurgery
[-sur′jərē]
Etymology: Gk, mikros, small, cheirourgos, surgery
surgery that involves dissection and manipulation of minute tissue structures under a microscope.
microsurgery,
n surgery that involves microdissection and micromanipulation of tissues, usually accomplished with the aid of a binocular microscopic instrument.
microsurgery
dissection of minute structures under the microscope, with the use of extremely small instruments.
microsurgery
Surgery A surgical procedure performed with the aid of a low-power–7x to 15x microscope, using special equipment, surgical thread, clamps, scalpels, to repair severed blood vessels or nerves or other structures. See Free
flap microsurgery, Laryngeal microsurgery.
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