Reconstructive microsurgery
Reconstructive microsurgery
Reconstructive microsurgery
Objectives
Microsurgery is a subspecialty of reconstructive surgery, involving an innovative technique dedicated to resolving, restoring, and recovering severe defects. These defects can arise from oncological diseases (various types of cancer), trauma, or congenital anomalies.
Microsurgery involves the transfer of healthy tissue (skin, muscle, bone, etc.) from one area of the body to another where the defect is located. Using microscopes and extremely precise instruments, we can manipulate millimeter-sized vessels and nerves with the delicacy and precision necessary to reconnect the required blood vessels and nerves for the transferred tissue to survive in the region where it is needed.
In other words, microsurgery allows us to move tissues from an area where they are not absolutely necessary, to another area that requires them and cannot be reconstructed with local tissues either due to their size or the characteristics of the deficient tissues.
Indications
The scope and application of microsurgery are extensive, and the surgeries are highly individualized for each particular case. Some of the procedures that may require microsurgery include:
- Breast reconstruction following breast cancer with free flaps
- Head and neck reconstruction with free flaps
- Upper or lower limb, abdomen, chest, or back reconstruction with free flaps
- Reconstruction of complex wounds
- Facial paralysis
- Nerve repair and nerve grafts
- Lymphedema surgery
General information
Only expert surgeons can perform procedures of such complexity. If you have any of the previously mentioned diagnoses or believe you may be a candidate for microsurgical reconstruction, do not hesitate to consult us. We are specialists in this area, trained at the world’s best center for this technique.
