title: Organization of a microsurgery laboratory.
abstract: Microsurgical techniques have been used in many surgical specialties as well as a broad application in surgical research.. It demands high technical skills and continued training. The microsurgical skills should be first mastered in the lab before to be employed in the clinical practice. The microsurgical lab has a dual role: the training of residents and specialized surgeons and the support for the high qualified scientific research in experimental surgery. Here, it is presented (showed) the organization of a microsurgical lab, including area and equipments, furthermore there is a proposal that school-hospitals that offer microsurgical procedures, should have a microsurgical laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Paulo Ney Aguiar
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Edna Frasson de Souza
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Montero
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation; D013537:Sutures