Targeted Reinnervation During Gender-Affirming Mastectomy and Restoration of Sensation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

During gender-affirming mastectomy, nerves are transected, resulting in sensory loss. Nerve preservation using targeted nipple-areola complex (NAC) reinnervation (TNR) may restore sensation.

Objective

To determine the quantitative and patient-reported sensory outcomes of TNR.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective matched cohort study of patients undergoing gender-affirming mastectomy from August 2021 to December 2022 at Weill Cornell Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital. Data were analyzed from January to March 2023.

Exposure

Patients who underwent TNR and matched patients who did not.

Main outcomes and measures

Mechanical detection measured with monofilaments and patient-reported outcome questionnaires were completed preoperati

SUBMITTER: Remy K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11584927 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature