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Split Chest Breast Neurotization
Sponsor: NYU Langone Health
Summary
Several members of the scientific community have suggested that breast neurotization can help return nipple sensation to patients undergoing implant-based breast reconstruction. There has been no randomized controlled study assessing the validity of these claims. The goal of this study is to evaluate if performing breast neurotization can help restore or improve return of nipple sensation to patients undergoing implant-based breast reconstruction. This will be a single-blinded, randomized controlled trial where patients undergoing bilateral reconstruction will serve as their own controls by receiving an intervention on one breast but not the other breast.
Official title: A Single-Blind, Split-Chest, Single-Center Study of the Effects of Breast Neurotization in Implant Based Breast Reconstruction
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - 99 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
6
Start Date
2023-08-08
Completion Date
2027-04-07
Last Updated
2026-02-06
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Sensory Nerve Coaptation
Nerve reconstruction will employ an off-the-shelf nerve graft coapted to the donor anterior intercostal nerve branch laterally and medially at the underside of the nipple. The anterior intercostal nerve branch and nerve graft coaptation will be performed in a standard fashion with a 1 mm gap between the ends of the graft and the donor nerve. Medially, the nerve graft will be inset into the underside of the preserved nipple-areola complex using 8-0 or 9-0 epineural stitches from the nerve allograft. All nerve coaptations will be performed under loupe magnification as is standardly performed.
Locations (1)
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, United States