Moo, welcome to OCF. You will find tons of info and support here.

Unfortunately no one here would be able to tell you what your husbands statistics are. We are not medical professionals and do not know your husbands complete medical history like his physicians. Try not to get hung up on numbers. Everyone is an individual. Ive seen (myself included) some patients with a very small chance of survival getting thru some pretty tough things while some who may appear to have an easy time of it struggling. Since your husband is being treated for after effects it should be easier for him than if he was battling cancer. But, operating on radiated tissue isnt easy and healing can be a problem.

I have some questions for you about your husbands procedures. Is he being treated at a major cancer center? Why did the doctor do a surgery to grind down the bone only to do another operation which is much more intricate? If your husbands condition showed osteoradionecrosis (dead jawbone from rads) and the doc was trying to fix it I would be concerned why it was done this way. Has he had a second opinion done prior to his surgery? Has anyone mentioned hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBO)? Its where the patient goes into a glass tube to breathe pressurized pure oxygen. What tests were dont to determine surgery was necessary? Was he experiencing pain, is that how the problem with his jaw was found?

Sorry for the million questions! Just trying to get a better grasp on the situation so I can offer you some advice.