CANCER RECONSTRUCTION

Cancer treatments sometimes damage a body part’s function or appearance. Reconstructive surgery helps to repair that damage.Most insurance companies cover reconstructive surgery after cancer treatment.

Reconstructive surgery is most commonly needed after some types of surgery to remove cancer. For example, a patient may choose to have reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy. A mastectomy is the surgical removal of the breast. It is a type of treatment for breast cancer. Another example is when a surgeon may replace tissue or nerves removed during treatment for head and neck cancer or skin cancer.