Reconstructive Microsurgery

Reconstructive microsurgery is the application of microsurgical techniques that combined blood vessels and/or nerves together to move tissue from one part of the body to another order to repair or reconstruct injured nerves with the ultimate goal of helping to restore form and function. Examples include peripheral nerve repair, peripheral nerve reconstruction with nerve grafts, peripheral nerve reconstruction with nerve transfers, the transfer of living skin, muscle, and/or bone from one part of the body to another with reconstitution of the blood flow to and from that transferred part. Dr. Shores has even transferred limbs from organ donors to amputees which requires microsurgical repair of all of the blood vessels and nerves immediately at the time of transplant.