Welcome to OCF! I also have had a mandibulectomy done. It is a big operation! Mine was not as extensive as Eric's but I was on the table for 10 hours. I was then kept in a medically induced coma for 3 weeks, after some complications my hospital stay lasted for 2 months. It is not a simple surgery. I had mine done after going thru radiation with chemo and having 2 recurrences. The mandibulectomy was my only option to survive my third bout of oral cancer.

I do not understand why chemo was given as a treatment. Chemo alone will not kill this type of cancer. It is usually given with radiation to make it more effective or in pallitive care situations. Other countries do things differently than what we normally are used to seeing around here.

No info about the Cytogen machine. Never heard of anything like that before.

The best thing to help your mother would be to get her to a large cancer treatment center where they are familiar with oral cancer. She needs a team of doctors all working together as soon as possible.

Best wishes to both you and your mother!