Chirurgie spécialisée dans les interventions sur de petits éléments du corps humain. Microchirurgie de la main.
Part or all of an intricate surgical operation—rejoining a severed limb, for example—performed with the aid of a binocular microscope, using miniaturized instruments. Sewing of the nerves and blood vessels is done with a nylon thread so fine that it is only just visible to the naked eye.
The technique permits treatment of previously inaccessible lesions in the eye or brain.