Surgeons in Florida who list Head & Neck Reconstruction among their services. Paid tiers appear first — Featured, then Enhanced — with ABPS-verified surgeons first within each tier. Paid placement is labeled.
5 listings explicitly name this procedure — 5 ABPS-verified — in Key Biscayne, Orlando, Lake Mary. Generic category tags are not counted. Always check the badge on each profile.
Rebuilds the face, jaw, scalp, or neck after cancer removal, trauma, or other major tissue loss, restoring speech, swallowing, and appearance together.
Head and neck reconstruction follows removal of cancers of the mouth, throat, jaw, scalp, or skin, or major trauma, where the defect affects speech, swallowing, chewing, or facial appearance. It is a team field, working with head and neck cancer surgeons, radiation oncologists, and speech and swallowing therapists, and the reconstructive plan is built around what function must be restored, not only what the defect looks like.
The reconstructive surgeon chooses from grafts, local flaps, and free flaps — including bone flaps for jaw reconstruction, often shaped with computer planning and fixed with plates — depending on the defect's size, location, and tissues lost. Surgery is performed in a hospital under general anesthesia, often takes many hours, and is followed by close monitoring, a hospital stay of days to weeks, and rehabilitation for speech and swallowing where those functions are affected.
Local flaps. Neighboring tissue moved into smaller defects of the face, scalp, or neck. Free soft-tissue flaps. Skin, fat, or muscle from elsewhere for larger soft-tissue defects. Free bone flaps. Bone (often from the fibula) shaped to rebuild the jaw, with skin attached where lining is also needed. Staged reconstruction. Multiple operations when the defect, or the patient's condition, makes a single operation unsafe or incomplete.
| option | note |
|---|---|
| Local flaps | Neighboring tissue moved into smaller defects of the face, scalp, or neck. |
| Free soft-tissue flaps | Skin, fat, or muscle from elsewhere for larger soft-tissue defects. |
| Free bone flaps | Bone (often from the fibula) shaped to rebuild the jaw, with skin attached where lining is also needed. |
| Staged reconstruction | Multiple operations when the defect, or the patient's condition, makes a single operation unsafe or incomplete. |
There is no single fixed charge for head & neck reconstruction, and this guide does not publish prices: the written quote you receive at consultation is the binding figure.
Factors that commonly move the total include the surgeon's experience, the facility type (office procedure suite, ambulatory surgery center, or hospital), the type and length of anesthesia, the complexity of the surgical plan, whether other procedures are combined in the same operation, garments and follow-up visits, and the revision terms. Ask for an itemized written quote that states exactly what is included, and what would cost extra if a revision or an overnight stay became necessary.
Recovery involves a hospital stay, wound and flap monitoring, feeding support (sometimes a temporary feeding tube when swallowing is affected), and speech and swallowing therapy. Radiotherapy, when planned after surgery, affects the timing of further procedures and the healing of the reconstruction. Full rehabilitation takes months, and the result is judged by function — speech, swallowing, and oral competence — as well as by appearance.
Risks include bleeding, infection, flap failure, poor wound healing (especially after radiation), fistula (an abnormal opening, for example between the mouth and neck), speech and swallowing problems, and the need for further operations. Radiation before or after reconstruction significantly affects healing and should be part of the plan from the start. Choosing a center with substantial head and neck reconstructive volume matters greatly.
Sources: American Society of Plastic Surgeons patient information and procedure guidance; U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidance where applicable. General information only, not medical advice. Confirm details with a board-certified surgeon at consultation.
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