Courses The purpose of microsurgical training is to develop specialized surgical skills to facilitate the repair of small vessels and nerves. Training is conducted as a two part process: watching the training DVD and practicing surgical skills. Dr. Robert D. Acland’s DVD: “Practice Manual for Microvascular Surgery” is extensively used. We offer 3 different types of courses: Microsurgical Exposure Course. Oriented for medical professionals that need to be introduced to microsurgery but that will not require advanced skills for their practice. This course involves the following chapters: Precondition of Microsurgical Skill Basic Suturing Technique Rat Femoral Artery Anastomosis. Duration: 3 days Cost: $1200. Basic Microsurgery Course This course is indicated for medical professionals with a need to master basic microsurgery technique.  Students will follow the chapters in microsurgical exposure course plus the following: Continuous Suture Technique in End-to-End Anastomosis Rat femoral Vein Anastomosis Basic Techniques in Peripheral Nerve Repair Interpositional Vein Graft End-to-Side Anastomosis Duration: 7 days Cost: $1600.. Microsurgical sessions Microsurgery sessions are directed towards people that already have taken any of the previous courses and want to refresh their skills.  It consists in sessions of 3 to 4 hours with a dedicated instructor to prepare the initial set up.  The student will be allowed to work freely but the instructor will be at hand for assistance. Cost: $ 400.