Mr Kostas Karavidas

Practising at

Spire Harpenden Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Kostas Karavidas at Spire include:

• Wisdom teeth removal

Other treatments

Professional profile

I am a Consultant Maxillofacial/Head and Neck and Oral surgeon at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital since the beginning of May 2012 and a core member of the Head and Neck Multidisciplinary Team. I perform facial reconstructive surgery for cancer patients and I am an expert in minimally invasive treatment of obstructive salivary gland disease.

I specialise in head and neck cancer, facial reconstruction and rehabilitation with microsurgery and free tissue transfer, skin cancer, sialendoscopy and minimal intaroral surgery for obstructive salivary gland disease (stones and strictures), salivary gland surgery, paediatric oral surgery and tongue ties.

I perform regular sialendoscopies, utilising all forms of minimal treatment for the obstructive disease of the salivary glands including laser intraluminal fragmentation of stones, basket retrieval of stones, balloon sialoplasties and the intraoral ductal stretching technique for the deeply seated stones in the hilum of the submandibular gland.

I have performed a high volume of free tissue transfer for reconstruction of the facial defects with a variety of flaps. Nowadays reconstruction is patient specific and I often include a virtual surgical planning in the surgical treatment of my patients.

Qualification and professional memberships

MD / University of Ioannina / 1998
Medical Degree

DDS / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. / 2002
Doctor in Dental Surgery

FEB(OMFS) / Brugge/UEMS / 2010
Fellow of European Board in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,

PhD / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / 2013
Philosophic Doctorate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Professional memberships

British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, BAOMS
European Association of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgeons, EACMFS
British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists, BAHNO

Professional leadership

Clinical Lead for Trauma Audit at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital

Current NHS posts

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Foundation trust/ QEII Hospital.

Research and Publication

Articles

Minimal surgery for parotid stones: a 7-year endoscopic experience.
01/01/2010

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