Breast Resensation

00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:07.220 Restoring sensation at the time of breast 00:00:07.250 --> 00:00:12.060 reconstruction or the resensation procedure, involves nerve grafting the 00:00:12.090 --> 00:00:16.940 nerves that are cut at the time of mastectomy or breast cancer surgery. 00:00:16.970 --> 00:00:23.120 One of the most common misunderstandings is that you lose sensation when you have a 00:00:23.150 --> 00:00:27.340 mastectomy, and you never regain normal sensation. 00:00:27.370 --> 00:00:32.580 We can now take a nerve graft and reconnect the nerves that are cut at the 00:00:32.610 --> 00:00:36.460 time of the mastectomy, in order to improve the overall sensation of your 00:00:36.480 --> 00:00:39.220 chest wall and your breast mound, for the rest of your life. 00:00:39.250 --> 00:00:41.000 Restoring sensation at the time of 00:00:41.030 --> 00:00:44.500 mastectomy is one of the newest operations that we offer. 00:00:44.530 --> 00:00:46.980 The resensation procedure involves 00:00:47.010 --> 00:00:50.820 reconstructing the nerve endings that get cut at the time of mastectomy. 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:52.620 It's a common misconception that you will 00:00:52.650 --> 00:00:56.420 have normal sensation after breast cancer surgery or a mastectomy. 00:00:56.450 --> 00:01:00.860 In fact, all women who have had mastectomy lose the sensation to the nipple. 00:01:00.890 --> 00:01:05.490 What we can now offer our patients is to nerve graft those nerve endings and 00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:09.570 improve the overall sensation after the reconstruction. 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:11.820 Most women are candidates for the 00:01:11.850 --> 00:01:16.130 resensation procedure at the time of mastectomy, and many women can have it 00:01:16.160 --> 00:01:19.540 done at the time of revision surgery or corrective breast surgery. 00:01:19.570 --> 00:01:23.980 You're never going to have normal sensation to the nipple and to the breast 00:01:24.010 --> 00:01:28.660 after a mastectomy, but if we can improve the overall sensation, we can make you 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:30.920 feel a little bit better about it for the rest of your life.