title: Male infertility microsurgical training.
abstract: Microsurgical training is imperative for urologists and clinical andrologists specializing in male infertility. Success in male infertility microsurgery is heavily dependent on the surgeon's microsurgical skills. Laboratory-based practice to enhance microsurgical skills improves the surgeon's confidence, and reduces stress and operating time, benefiting both the patient and the surgeon. This review provides guidelines for setting up a microsurgical laboratory to develop and enhance microsurgical skills using synthetic and animal models. The role of emerging techniques, such as robotic-assisted microsurgery, is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery, Cornell Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Akanksha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Philip S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D033441:Andrology / Q000193:education*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000601:surgery*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007753:Laboratories; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000193:education* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D023421:Models, Animal; D051381:Rats; D012371:Robotics; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014572:Urology / Q000193:education*