- Surgical technique for operating on minute structures with specialized tiny precision instruments under observation through a microscope, sometimes equipped with cameras to show the operation on a monitor.
- Micro surgery permits operations that were once impossible surgery on the delicate bones of the inner and middle ear, reattachment of servered limbs ,repair of retina.
- Microsurgical recontruction is used for complex reconstructive surgery problems when other option such as primary closure,skin grafting, local or regional flap transfer are not adequate.