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#29133 07-04-2007 07:49 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) |  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I think it means you are going to get a neck disection with a graft, either from skin elsewhere from your body or a piece of your pectoral muscle. See this section for more about surgery: http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/facts/neck_dissections.htm The purpose of the flap is to "bulk up" the area where the resection (removal of the tumor and clean margins) is. "Necrotic" usually means dead tissue. It sounds ominous but many here have been through it and the recovery time is around 3 weeks, about the same as if you had a face lift.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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