Sensibility and Cutaneous Reinnervation after Breast Reconstruction with Musculocutaneous Flaps

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Abstract
Sensibility and sensory reinnervation were investigated in 19 patients who underwent, after mastectomy, a breast reconstruction using myocutaneous flaps. A comparative study in reinnervation of the flaps has been performed either after surgery with a latissimus dorsi flap with prosthesis or after surgery with a simple or double pedicle transverse rectus abdominal flap. Ten patients with latissimus dorsi flaps and 9 patients with transverse rectus abdominal flaps were tested. The tests included stimulation with touch, pressure, pin prick, and temperature. The patients were also interviewed regarding their impressions, a subjective sensibihty. These results show that the recovery of sensibility by patients who underwent surgery with the transverse rectus abdominal flap technique is superior, objectively and subjectively.

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