This volume looks at the latest advancements in microsurgery, while also discussing the fundamentals of the discipline. This book is structured in a progressive and thorough format: from the historical and theoretical foundations of the discipline, through the microsurgical setting and basic psychomotor exercises, to the full range of vascular and neural procedures that can be performed on the rat model. The chapters in this book are organized from simple to complex, from synthetic to biological, and from the elementary to the advanced. This ensures that microsurgical mastery is built from the bottom up, and that there are no shortcuts. In the Neuromethods series style, chapters include the kind of detail and key advice from the specialists needed to get successful results in your laboratory.

This book is the result of a 14-year collaboration between the Center for Complex Microvascular Surgery, Erasmus MC Rotterdam—the European center of excellence for microsurgical training, renowned for managing the most complex reconstructive cases using cutting-edge technologies and innovative microsurgical techniques—and the Experimental Microsurgery, Simulation and Experiment Center, Iuliu Häieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca. Combining the expertise, experience, and dedication of two leading institutions in microsurgical education and research, this collaboration has produced a practical and progressive guide to experimental microsurgery training and research.

Comprehensive and cutting-edge, Microsurgical Experimental Techniques is a valuable resource for both the novice sitting before the microscope for the first time and the expert surgeon who has already performed a plethora of anastomoses and wishes to refine their technique further still.