Microsurgery skills training strategy: part one—non-living animal models training / 中华整形外科杂志

Microsurgery techniques have allowed the development of many new therapeutic methods in plastic surgery, but are difficult to master without hard training. It is very important to set up a standardized microsurgery curriculum and training system for broadening surgical skills training and investigating the plastic surgery specialist training strategy. In our experiences, a series of training models are needed, like non-animal models, non- living animal models, live animal models and so on. This paper shows the training strategy for the primary stage of microsurgery training, non-animal model and non-living animal model training.

Microsurgery skills training strategy: part one—non-living animal models training / 中华整形外科杂志

Microsurgery techniques have allowed the development of many new therapeutic methods in plastic surgery, but are difficult to master without hard training. It is very important to set up a standardized microsurgery curriculum and training system for broadening surgical skills training and investigating the plastic surgery specialist training strategy. In our experiences, a series of training models are needed, like non-animal models, non- living animal models, live animal models and so on. This paper shows the training strategy for the primary stage of microsurgery training, non-animal model and non-living animal model training.

Microsurgery skills training strategy: part one—non-living animal models training / 中华整形外科杂志

Microsurgery techniques have allowed the development of many new therapeutic methods in plastic surgery, but are difficult to master without hard training. It is very important to set up a standardized microsurgery curriculum and training system for broadening surgical skills training and investigating the plastic surgery specialist training strategy. In our experiences, a series of training models are needed, like non-animal models, non- living animal models, live animal models and so on. This paper shows the training strategy for the primary stage of microsurgery training, non-animal model and non-living animal model training.

Research progress of vascularized lymph node transfer for extremity lymphedema / 中国修复重建外科杂志

Objective: To review the current progress of clinical and experimental research of vascularized lymph node transfer for lymphedema. Methods: The domestic and abroad literature about vascularized lymph node transfer in treatment of lymphedema was reviewed and analyzed. Results: Experimental studies in animal model indicate that vascularized lymph node transfer can improve lymph node survival and show a promising effectiveness in reducing lymphedema. "Lymphatic wick" and "lymph pump" were the two main hypotheses proposed to explain the potential functional mechanism of vascularized lymph node transfer in treatment of lymphedema. Improvement in lymphedema symptoms are reported in most of the clinical trials, but the level of evidence to advocate this procedure in the treatment of lymphedema remains low because of the small number of the cases and problems in their methodologies. Conclusion: Based on current evidence, vascularized lymph node transfer seems to be a promising treatment for lymphedema, but long-term well-designed studies are required to further explore the effectiveness of this procedure.