Microsurgery

The microsurgery is a surgical technique that has evolved from the minimal invasive surgery, vascular and hand surgery. The surgeon works in the surgical field with a high-magnification visual aid. Here come as a surgical microscope light microscopes are used. Special instruments allow cuts and seams in hard to reach areas with small dimensions.

It is used in surgery of small blood vessels, the central nervous system and in peripheral nerves throughout the ear, nose and throat and eye surgery. Also in gynecology are magnifying aids with 15 - to 30 -fold magnification and magnifying glasses and very fine suture material for certain procedures, such as surgery on the fallopian tubes and the ovaries, a prerequisite for successful therapy.

The Hand surgery is a specialty in plastic, trauma surgery and orthopedics. The microsurgery is used eg in replantation of limbs as the hand transplant after accidents. In contrast to the minimal - invasive surgery, in which below the body's outer layers ( skin, etc. ) working in the field of microsurgery access to the surgical site is placed first classical free.

1962 describe by previous animal experiments Malt and McKhann first time an arm surgery for a ten year old boy. 1963 describe Goldwyn, leaves, and white the successful vascular connections of an amputated thumb.