Wayne....a question that is bothering me, concerning the grafting of the fibula. I will be faced with a decision regarding this surgery for reconstruction of my maxilla. How is the grafted bone attatched and made to grow into the existing bone in your mouth?

Of course, your huge surgery was all done at one time, so you didn't heal and then have to make a new surgical bed.

I am hesitant to interfere with my excellent healing...but I am oh, so tempted to have this surgery. I don't have to decide now, but I am not getting any younger, and at nearly 64, I'll need to decide soon, before they think I am too old to do it.

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!