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Sensory restoration of breast reconstruction – The search for the ideal approach continues
Author(s) -
Zhou Anna,
Ducic Ivica,
Momeni Arash
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.25223
Subject(s) - medicine , breast reconstruction , ideal (ethics) , sensation , sensory system , modalities , focus (optics) , treatment modality , stimulus modality , surgery , breast cancer , cognitive psychology , psychology , social science , philosophy , physics , epistemology , cancer , sociology , optics
Contemporary reconstructive modalities focus on breast anatomy and attempt to reconstruct breasts that are soft, of adequate shape, size, and symmetry. However, a functional component, i.e. sensation, has largely been ignored. Flap neurotization addresses this shortcoming. While we are still in search of the ideal surgical technique to achieve this goal, a novel approach that limits nerve harvest to the sensory branch only, thus, minimizing abdominal donor‐site morbidity, is presented.