Improved sensory recovery with a novel dual neurorrhaphy technique for breast reconstruction with free muscle sparing TRAM flap technique

We describe a new dual neurorrhaphy method for a free abdominal‐based flap and compare sensory recovery with this novel technique to that with conventional neurorrhaphy technique for breast reconstruction.

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