What Happens During the Procedure?
Restorative plastic surgery after Mohs surgery can require extensive reconstruction of nerves, tear ducts, facial features, nasal structures, and more. Your general surgeon may refer you to a trusted plastic surgeon for post-Mohs reconstruction. As there is no one-size-fits-all procedure, various surgical techniques are used, including skin grafts, bone grafting, cartilage grafting, tissue expanders, and flap techniques. Sometimes, the patient may need surgeries staged, depending on the complexity and number of procedures required to restore the area(s). We can estimate between 30 minutes to 3 hours in the operating room per surgery with local anesthesia, general anesthesia, or IV sedation. Skin cancer excision (Mohs Surgery) by a general surgeon is not commonly performed concurrently with reconstruction, which an experienced plastic surgeon typically performs.