Welcome to OCF! Im sorry to read of everything you have been thru already. You have had a very long road.

Ive been thru ORN. Its much easier to treat it early rather than wait. By waiting it will only continue to deteriorate. You probably will need more HBO before and after surgery. If its a small area you may not need anything to be rebuilt. Larger areas take large pieces of the jaw bone and replace it with sometimes titanium or even a section of the patients own leg bone. Ive even heard of cadaver bones being used sometimes.

Recovery definitely depends on how large of an area is affected. Hospital stays vary too. If all goes well with a small area of ORN you could get lucky enough to have this done as outpatient surgery.

Please let me know if you need any other info. The main OCF pages has info on ORN as well.

Best wishes!

Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile