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Free Flap Procedures in Oncological Reconstructive Surgery

Free flap surgery is considered the gold standard for breast, head and neck reconstructions for cancer patients. These procedures, which enable functional and aesthetic rehabilitation, can be quite…

How to Choose a Microscope for Reconstructive Surgery

Plastic and reconstructive surgery requires excellent visualization to repair intricate and fine structures. Oncological reconstructive surgery procedures are among the most delicate, including breast…

How to use a Surgical Microscope as an Operating Room Nurse

Surgical microscopes play an essential role in the modern microsurgery procedures. It provides the surgeon, assistant and operating room staff with a magnified and illuminated high-quality image of…

How Clinical and Surgical Microscopes Support Otolaryngology

The number of ENT surgery procedures is increasing year after year. It is estimated that there will be over 21 million ENT procedures performed annually worldwide by 2022. Dr. Duane Mol is the…

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery: Why Use a Microscope

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery procedures can be delicate. Visualization solutions play an essential role, allowing to perform the surgery in the best conditions. And more and more plastic…

From Dentistry to Micro-dentistry

Endodontics expert Fabio Gorni shares his vast experience in micro-dentistry and provides answers to questions of the webinar participants at the end of the recording. This webinar allows you to…

Optimized Vision in Endodontic Surgeries and Procedures

Microscopes are playing an increasingly important role in endodontic surgery as they enable minimally invasive procedures to be carried out. Endodontists can work with high precision from the first…

Overcoming Complexities in Microdentistry

Dr. Salam Abu Arqub, from the Smile Engineer Dental Center in Amman, Jordan, has been using Leica dental microscopes for three years for all procedures performed at the clinic. He shared his…

Just What the Surgeon Wants

We’ve all experienced an everyday product at some time that had great technology and a stylish design but was totally impractical to use. A designer coffee pot that spills its contents all round the…