What Is Microsurgery?
Microsurgery is the study of fine surgery using optical magnification equipment and microsurgery equipment. The most important condition is surgery with optical magnification equipment. In a broad sense, microsurgery is not unique to a specialty, but a surgical technique that can be used by each specialty in the surgical discipline. It can even be divided into specialized branches such as gynecological microscope surgery, urology microscope Surgery, neuromicrosurgery, etc.
Microsurgery
- Chinese name
- Microsurgery
- Category
- surgical
- Scope of application
- Clinical medicine
- Major equipment
- Optical amplification equipment
- Microsurgery is the study of fine surgery using optical magnification equipment and microsurgery equipment. The most important condition is surgery with optical magnification equipment. In a broad sense, microsurgery is not unique to a specialty, but a surgical technique that can be used by each specialty in the surgical discipline. It can even be divided into specialized branches such as gynecological microscope surgery, urology microscope Surgery, neuromicrosurgery, etc.
- In 1986, a national microsurgery group was established in China. In 1989, the Chinese Society of Microsurgery was formally established. Various provinces and cities have successively established branches. National and local microsurgery academic activities are often held. Also published the Chinese Journal of Microsurgery to promote the development of the discipline. In terms of teaching in higher medical schools, microsurgery is also listed as part of the basic course of surgery or as an elective subject, and many masters and doctoral students are engaged in clinical and basic research in microsurgery. This will be more conducive to the widespread use and improvement of China's microsurgery in various professional fields.
- Since the 1970s,
- Perhaps the most amazing technique in the surgical field is the successful replantation of fingers, hands, arms or feet that were cut off by machines due to an accident or interrupted in a traffic accident. To reconnect a broken limb and make it functional again, you need to stitch blood vessels, nerves, and skin and bone together.
- As early as 1912, there was a method for replanting severed limbs. At that time, Alexis Carell invented a method for suture of large blood vessels. In the 1960s, the advent of better microscopes, fine needles, and filaments made it possible to close small blood vessels.
- But the last step, the reconstruction of the damaged nerve, was only possible in 1967. In 1968, Kamachu and Tamai replanted the severed thumb using all the new technology of the time.
- One of the problems encountered with replanted limbs is that the capillaries do not open immediately after surgery. Blood is pumped into the replanted limb, but it does not return. This problem can be solved by sucking off excess blood with water leeches.
- Leeches have been used to treat a variety of diseases. They adhere to the skin and can draw up to 25 grams of blood. Because leech is injected with a substance that prevents blood from clotting when it sucks blood, the blood will continue to flow when they are removed.