The free flap surgery is a loooong procedure. Mine was 14 1/2 hours followed by an 11 day hospital stay.
That was a really good description of the procedure, Pete. I didn't have the graft put on my arm in the same surgery as I've mentioned before, but everything else was the same.
Stephanie, 23, SCC on the right side of my tongue, surgery on 5-19-08, over half my tongue removed, free flap constructed from my forearm, bilateral neck dissection, one positive node. Radiation (32) and chemo (carboplatin) started on 6-16-08. Recurrence 4/09 in lungs.
**** Stephanie passed away 12.15.09.... RIP our dear friend****
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