title: Microscopes and microinstruments.
abstract: This article outlines the basic physical principles of the operating microscope; in addition, it provides up-to-date, "state of the art" information of microinstruments.
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008846:Micromanipulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*