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microsurgery

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microsurgery

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.



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