Functional and Aesthetic Outcomes After Mandible Reconstruction With Fibula Osteomyocutaneous Free Flaps
Functional and Aesthetic Outcomes After Mandible Reconstruction With Fibula Osteomyocutaneous Free Flaps
The purpose of this study is to assess the functional and esthetic outcomes in patients who
 had removal of a part of the lower jaw bone due to mouth cancer and reconstruction of the jaw
 bone with a bone ( fibula) from the leg at MSKCC between the years 1987 to 2014.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Able to read and write in the English language

 -  Patients who underwent segmental mandibulectomy and free fibular flap reconstruction
 at MSK between 1987 and 2014

 -  Able to travel to the MSK outpatient clinic or have access to email, the MSK patient
 portal and a computer with a camera for the follow up examination by a physician and
 completion of the questionnaires.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients who underwent marginal mandibulectomy

 -  Patients who underwent mandibular reconstruction with a different type of vascularized
 bone free flap

 -  Patients who underwent mandibular reconstruction with soft tissue free flap