Sense and Sensibility: Nerve Tape—A More Efficient Alternative for Nerve Repair in Breast Reconstruction?
Nerve Tape enables faster repair times and higher rates of clinically acceptable nerve coaptation, regardless of the surgeon's level of experience. This sutureless technology proves to be a potentially promising alternative to traditional microsurgical suture repair, though more studies are needed to establish a correlation with clinical outcomes.
Authors
- Theresa K. Webster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5385-0530)
- Malini Chinta
- Hsu-Cheng Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-4995)
- Lisa Gfrerer
Institutions
- Cornell University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000006551
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02