Ignacio Cifuentes, MD, is a young plastic surgeon from Chile with high interest in microsurgical simulation and training. This paper summarizes some of the work in which the author has collaborated during his plastic surgery residency under the supervision of Bruno Dagnino, MD, as well as some interesting articles regarding microsurgical education in Chile. Francisca Leon, MD, is a microsurgeon and plastic surgeon from Chile with great interest in lower limb reconstruction who collaborated with the development of this review.
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