Experimental and Clinical Reconstructive Microsurgery

From the contents: A. The History of Microsurgery.- B. Operating Microscope and Microsurgical Instruments.- C. Experimental Microsurgery: 1. Microvascular Anastomoses in the Rat; 2. Micronerve Suture and Graft in the Rat; 3. Essential Laboratory Techniques; 4. Limb Replantation in the Rat; 5. Canine Limb Replantation and Replantation Toxemia; 6. Skin and Muscle Flaps in the Rat; 7. Customized Neovascularized Prefabrication in the Rat; 8. Vascularized Tibiofibular Graft in the Rat; 9. Vascularized Ulna Graft in the Rat; 10. Vascularized Metatarsal Graft in the Rabbit; 11. Vascularized Tail Bone Graft in the Rat; 12. Allograft of Composite Tissues: Experimental Model in the Rat.- D. Preoperative and Postoperative Management: 1. Preoperative Planning and Evaluation of the Vascular System in the Donor and Recipient; 2. Postoperative Monitoring and Observation; 3. Perioperative and Postoperative Antithrombotic Agents; 4. Continuous Local Heparinization; 5. Complications and Salvage Procedures; 6. Postoperative Management and Rehabilitation.- E. Clinical Reconstructive Microsurgery: 1. Replantation; 2. Harvesting Techniques for Several Composite Tissues; 3. Clinical Applications.