title: [Microsurgery].
abstract: This article traces some of the developments in the innovation of microsurgery since the first free flaps in the 1970s. French reconstructive surgeons contribution to microsurgery and composite tissue allotransplantation was particularly important. Robotic assisted microsurgery and microgravity represent some of the latest innovations.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France. docteurbinder@orange.fr
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Binder
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005544:Forecasting; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends