[quote=ChristineB]Richard is correct, every mandibulectomy is different and the doctors take different amounts of bone and tissue. Recovery can be long. After one year reconstruction is usually something many of us have had done. How your cousin looks today is not how they will look once everything has healed and they have their reconstructions. Best wishes to your cousin with their recovery! [/quote]

Hello everybody...my mother-in-law is having her surgery 10/10 and my husband is very anxious about it. I can feel his fear. I want to get an idea of how serious is this surgery. They are removing her check muscle on the right where the cancer is. Then partial mandubulectomy depending on the size of the tutor for now they see 2cm but it could be bigger. they will use a titanim plate for the reconstruction. They also mentioned a flap, they are getting skin or flesh from the underarm. That part I do not understand...can some please expound on what this means. Thanks