Smoothing the steep microsurgery learning curve: considering alternative suture sizes for early-stage microsurgery training with in vivo rat models.

Steep learning curve existed in the early-stagemicrosurgery training when transitioning from non-living to living exercisemodels. The feasibility of using various suture sizes in millimeter anastomosismay be a potential solution for instructors to ease this steep learning curve.Level of Evidence: Not gradable.