Hard palate flap....May I presume that this flap was only the skin of the palate, and not the bone? What would he have used to cover the denuded area of the hard palate, I wonder?


Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!