Microsurgery in Japan.
Since the early 1960s microsurgery has been practiced by some of the pioneers in this country, and in the past decade it has given rise to a new era in the fields of reconstructive orthopedic surgery and plastic surgery, enabling repair of blood vessels and nerves, replantation of limbs and digits, and transfers of several composite tissues. A number of experiments and much clinical research in this field has been carried out by many Japanese microsurgeons, who contributed significantly to the development of microsurgery in the world. I have reviewed the history and the progress of microsurgery in Japan by introducing the important and interesting reports on this subject in chronologic order.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005121:Extremities / Q000601:surgery; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008866:Microsurgery; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D009985:Orthopedics; D012092:Replantation; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous