title: [A little story of microsurgery].
abstract: It is difficult to write about the history of microsurgery because many things have already been said. Exhaustive lists of names, dates and "first clinical" are available but some details may be more relevant to appreciate the human adventure that represents microsurgery. Its finality is a precise, methodical and rigorous technical procedure but its origin is audacity, imagination and force of conviction. What seems a priori a paradox is the singularity of a speciality whose applications have forever changed the face of reconstructive surgery. So, some details are reported and are basis of reflection about this great surgical advance.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique et reconstructrice, Gustave-Roussy, cancer campus Grand-Paris, 114, rue Edouard Vaillant, 94805 Villejuif, France; Laboratoire d'anatomie et d'organogenèse, université de Picardie Jules-Verne, rue des Louvels, 80000 Amiens, France. Electronic address: q.qassemyar@live.fr.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Qassemyar
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D012092:Replantation
keywords: Histoire; History; Microchirurgie; Microsurgery