Microsurgery
Microsurgery is a surgical technique used for structures in the human body that are too small to be seen with the naked eye. Procedures are performed using operating microscopes and magnifying surgical loupes, along with specially designed instruments that allow surgeons to repair damage in vessels and nerves smaller than 1 mm. Microsurgery is widely applied in neurosurgery, urology, ophthalmology, and particularly hand surgery, enabling the restoration of blood flow, repair of injured vessels and nerves, and correction of congenital or acquired deformities. Advances in reconstructive microsurgery now allow damaged or deformed body parts to regain their normal shape and function. Severed limbs can be reattached, and delicate sutures allow precise nerve repair, restoring their original function.
When is Microsurgery Applied?
- Muscle and tissue injuries or losses
- Thumb and trigger finger amputations
- Amputations of one or more fingers
- Palm injuries and tissue avulsions
- Finger tip amputations
- Hand avulsion injuries
- Crush injuries
- Elbow-level avulsions
- Amputations in children
- Avulsion fractures (tendon detachment along with its bony attachment)
- Tendon repair
- Cuts in blood vessels and nerves
- Injuries requiring tendon or nerve grafts
- Treatment of nerve compression in the hand or elbow
- Bone transplantation with its supplying vessels to another body site
- Composite tissue transfer (vessels, muscle, and skin) to another part of the body
- Removal of tumors in the musculoskeletal system
