Thank you all so much for replying, I need some time to digest all of this but it does sound as if the use of a plate is perhaps not as bleak as the surgeon has suggested.
Husband dx'd 18/07/07...Maxillectomy, palatectomy, neck dissection 30/8/07....clear margins, nodes dx'd 12/9/07 in the middle of radiotherapy and struggling.
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