Christine,

I always thought that this jaw recon was going to be a 2 stage process. Last summer, the prosthodontist said jaw function first, aesthetics later.

The skin graft is pulling away along the suture line. There is just not enough skin to close up that opening. The Plastic explained that he had a limited amount of skin from the calf but needed to use it with the fibula and blood supply for both. Another larger skin graft will cover a larger area using the same blood supply from the Nov. graft. He can also recontour Clark's cheek with the larger patch.

We may get a second opinion.