The spontaneous return of sensibility in breasts reconstructed with autologous tissues

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Shaw, WW [1 ]
Orringer, JS [1 ]
Ko, CY [1 ]
Ratto, LL [1 ]
Mersmann, CA [1 ]
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[1] NYU MED CTR,INST RECONSTRUCT PLAST SURG,NEW YORK,NY 10016
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10.1097/00006534-199702000-00013
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R61 [外科手术学];
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Some spontaneous return of sensibility following autologous tissue breast reconstruction is often suspected but not well documented. In the present study, objective touch-pressure, pain, temperature, and vibratory sensibilities were recorded in 33 autologous breast reconstructions at an average of 25.2 months postoperatively. Correlation of the sensory return with patients' satisfaction toward reconstruction was done by a detailed questionnaire. All except one patient regained a variety of sensibilities: touch pressure in 97 percent of patients (averaging 81.05 gm/mm(2) versus control of 7.98 gm/mm(2)), pain in 88 percent of patients, heat in 64 percent of patients (45 percent of quadrants), cold in 82 percent of patients (67 percent of quadrants), and high- and low-frequency vibration in 100 percent of patients (high in 90 percent of quadrants, low in 96 percent). Subjectively, 94 percent considered their chest comfortable to touch following reconstruction compared with 34 percent following mastectomy. On a scale from 1 to 10, patients rated their reconstructions an average of 9.3. Our findings confirm the spontaneous return of sensibility following a variety of autologous tissue breast reconstructions. The value of the sensory return is suggested by the high degree of satisfaction in nearly all patients. Further attempts to correlate the degree of sensory return with the degree of satisfaction were inconclusive because of the uniformly high satisfaction reported by the patients. The mechanism of reinnervation appears to come both from the skin margins and from the deep surface of the flap. Future developments in breast reconstruction should take into consideration the eventual quality of sensory return.
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