Michelle,

they take all of the tissue from around where they remove the fibula...at least they did with the mine and the others I've seen. I've had to have a follow up graft since then on the inside of my mouth, they used tissue from my hip/groin area on that one, no biggie.

The leg does smart afterwards though and I still walk with a bit of a limp but it's mostly due to how much tissue they had to use for my flap and grafts because of how large my primary was.

Dr. Futran is actually one of the top head/neck surgeons in the country, he's the head of the Univ. of Wa Medical Center's otolaryngology program which is rated #13th in the country by US New & World Report so I wasn't shocked to see the video.

Good luck my dear, I'm sure you'll do just fine though smile

Eric

Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.