Features informative video demonstrations of how to perform a range of procedures

Contains step-by-step instructions on how to perform a range of critical microsurgery skills

Covers practical techniques for avoiding regularly encountered pitfalls

Preface.- Acknowledgement.- Table of contents.- Section 1 Introduction: Microsurgery training organization and Principles.- Essential equipment.- Workspace organization.- Assembly of operating microscope.- Standard microsurgical instrumental set.- Essential suture materials review.- Features of working with magnification.- Microsurgical suture technique - End-to-end.- Microsurgical suture technique - Side-to side.- Microsurgical suture technique - Nerve suturing.- Specifies of working with an assistant.- Training curve.- Section 2 Basic Training exercises: How to start?.- Simple exercises.- Chicken hip and leg training model.- Chicken wing training model.- Perforator flap training model using a chicken leg.- Section 3 Microsurgery training on Rodents.- Maintaining of animal welfare.- Preoperative management and anesthesia.- Vascular anastomoses - Carotid artery.- Vascular anastomoses - Abdominal aorta.- Vascular anastomoses - Femoral artery.- Vascular anastomoses - Caudal artery.- Model of deep inferior epigastric artery flap.- Extremity reimplantation.- Section 4 Porcine model of flap harvesting.- Essentials of porcine housing.- Preoperative management and anesthesia.- Exposure of recipient vessel.- Latissimus dorsi Flap.- Vertical rectus abdominis flap and rectus abdominis muscle flap.- Gracilis Flap (TMG).- Perforator Flaps - Gluteal Flap.- Perforator Flaps - DIEP Flap.- Fibula Flaps.- Radial Forearm Flap.- Simulated reconstructive operations.