microsurgery

microsurgery /mi·cro·sur·gery/ (-sur´jĕ-re) dissection of minute structures under the microscope by means of hand-held instruments.microsur´gical

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mi·cro·sur·ger·y (mkr-sûrj-r)

n.

Surgery on minute body structures or cells performed with the aid of a microscope and other specialized instruments, such as a micromanipulator.

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Microsurgery

Surgery on small body structures or cells performed with the aid of a microscope and other specialized instruments.

Mentioned in: General Surgery

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microsurgery

[-sur′jərē]

Etymology: Gk, mikros, small, cheirourgos, surgery

surgery that involves dissection and manipulation of minute tissue structures under a microscope.

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microsurgery [mi″kro-ser´jer-e]

dissection of minute structures under the microscope with the use of extremely small instruments. With increasingly sophisticated operating microscopes surgeons are able to perform tissue transfers without the cumbersome standard transfer procedures, such as the tubed pedicle graft and cross-leg flap, that were once necessary to ensure adequate blood supply to the grafted part. Microvascular surgery permits anastomosis of peripheral blood vessels less than 2 mm in diameter. Similarly, microneural techniques allow the surgeon to reestablish sensation by repairing or replacing severed and damaged peripheral nerves. Because of the advances in microsurgery, it is possible to reattach amputated parts, provided the health status of the patient and the condition of the amputated part are favorable.

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microsurgery,

n surgery that involves microdissection and micromanipulation of tissues, usually accomplished with the aid of a binocular microscopic instrument.

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microsurgery

dissection of minute structures under the microscope, with the use of extremely small instruments.

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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.