All neurosurgeons must undergo rigorous training in the laboratory and practice bypass techniques
repetitively before performing microneurosurgery on a patient. Microsurgical Basics and Bypass Techniques
by Evgenii Belykh, Nikolay Martirosyan, M. Yashar S. Kalani, and Peter Nakaji is a comprehensive yet
succinct manual on fundamental laboratory techniques rarely included in clinical textbooks. The resource
simplifies repetitive microsurgical practice in the laboratory by providing a menu of diverse, progressively
challenging exercises.
Step-by-step instructions accompanied by easy-to-understand illustrations, expert commentary, and
videos effectively bridge the gap between laboratory practice and operating room performance. The
book starts with an opening chapter on four founding principles of microsurgical practice inherited from
great thinkers and concludes with a chapter featuring cerebrovascular bypass cases. Chapters 2-8 offer a
complete one-week curriculum, with a different lab exercise each day, focused on learning basic
microsurgery skills.