title: Care of microvascular surgical instruments.
abstract: Reconstructive microsurgery, a specific category of surgery that uses revascularized tissue to repair functional or cosmetic defects, requires specialized training and continued competence of the surgeon, assistant and surgical team. Proper care of microsurgical instruments is paramount to the success of the surgery. Areas of importance such as microsurgical instrumentation, suture, operating microscope, and producing an atraumatic anastomoses will be explored indepth.
authors.affiliation: University of California-Irvine, Division of Plastic Surgery, Orange, CA, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: VanderKam
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008283:Maintenance; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing; D016272:Occupational Health; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000379:methods; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing; D013525:Surgical Instruments