I had a maxillectomy,and use an obturator. I was interested in your comment that after a year they could do a bone/skin graft to close the hole? I have never heard of this as an option. I oftened wondered why they couln't do this instead of the obturator. I wonder if this is new or only used in certain circumstances. The first ENT I saw just told me from the get go that grafting this area was not an option.

Also, since this type of cancer, of the maxillary, is so rare, I don't have a sense of reoccurrance rate. It sounds like what you have been told is this expected? Just interested in what others are being told. I know that we are have different circumstances that might effect this.

Sharon