Mr Kostas Karavidas

Consultant Maxillofacial / Head and Neck Surgeon
MD, DDS, PhD, FEB(OMFS)

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

Facial reconstruction and rehabilitation with microsurgery and free tissue transfer
Head and neck cancer
Paediatric oral surgery and tongue ties
Salivary gland surgery
Sialendoscopy and minimal intraoral surgery for obstructive salivary gland disease(stones and strictures)
Skin cancer

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.

Clinical Interests

Facial surgery
Head and neck surgery
Maxillofacial surgery
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Oral surgery

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