Bridging the Gap: A Pilot Study on the Efficacy of Nerve Allografts in Autologous Breast Reconstruction

Background Breast anesthesia is commonly reported after mastectomy and reconstruction. During deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap reconstruction, we coapt at least one of the T10 to T12 thoracoabdominal nerves within the flap to the anterior cutaneous branch of the third inter...

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Main Authors: Marcos Lu Wang, Hao Huang, Ashley Zhang, Angela Ellison, Grant G. Black, David M. Otterburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2024-02-01
Series:Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery Open
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-2222-9031