To return to their daily lives, patients may need
reconstructive surgery, after cancer treatment or due to a major trauma of the
head and neck region. These intricate
surgeries enable both cosmetic repair and enable restoration of speech,
swallowing and other important functioning. At USF Health, our reconstructive
surgical team is dedicated to providing our patients with the best possible
functional and aesthetic outcome.
There are a wide range of reconstructive techniques that are
provided by our team at USF Health. This
can range from relatively straightforward “local” reconstructive procedures but
also can include extensive surgeries that can take an entire day to complete.
These complex operations entail transplanting different combinations of skin, fat, muscle or bone from one part of the body to another. In some cases cutting edge 3D surgical planning, is even utilized to allow a truly customized surgery. Once healed, this will help as much as possible to recreate the patients pre-treatment appearance and function.
At USF Health, our surgeons utilize a collaborative and
multidisciplinary approach toward reconstructive surgery. We have extensive experience performing these
surgical procedures for various conditions, throughout the head and neck
region.
Disorders Treated:
Head & neck
cancers
Head, neck
& facial trauma
Osteomyelitis/osteoradionecrosis
of the jaws
Tumors and
cysts of the jaws
Upper
esophageal injuries
Facial
paralysis
Tracheal
stenosis and other airway disorders
Reconstuctive Surgeries:
Open reduction and repair of facial
fractures
Reconstruction of complex
“Mohs” skin
cancer defects
Nasal reconstruction, including use of
paramedian forehead flaps
Reanimation procedures for facial paralysis
Regional head & neck reconstruction
(e.g. pectoralis major flaps)
Microvascular free tissue transplants