Laboratory design in preparing for elective microvascular surgery.
This article explores the possibility of using an animal model to perform teaching and experimental procedures in microsurgery. The models included range from those for the basic teaching of microsurgery to the more challenging models of ear and limb replantation. Nerve repair, muscle transplantation, and the reason for replant failure in the laboratory are discussed.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004423:Ear / Q000601:surgery; D005121:Extremities / Q000601:surgery; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods*; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps