1 The Philosophy of Microsurgical Practice: Four Founding Principles Inherited from the Great Thinkers 2 Day 1: The Organization of the Microsurgical Laboratory: Necessary Tools and Equipment 3 Day 2: Dry-Laboratory Microsurgical Training: Techniques and Manual Skills 4 Day 3: Wet-Laboratory Microsurgical Training: Basic Principles for Working with Laboratory Animals 5 Day 4: Exercise Set 1: Basic Arterial Anastomoses 6 Day 5: Exercise Set 2: Deep Field Anastomoses and Complex Vascular Reconstructions 7 Day 6: Exercises: Kidney Autotransplantation, Supermicrosurgery, and Aneurysm Clipping 8 Day 7: Models for Microneurosurgical Training and Schedules for Training 9 Possible Bypass Errors 10 Translation of Laboratory Skills: Indications for Bypass in Neurosurgery 11 Case Examples of Cerebrovascular Bypass