Archive · 8 Aug 2026
BHU surgeons remove jaw tumour, rebuild jaw from fibula bone
A 35-year-old man had a big growth inside his jaw bone for seven years.
This growth, called ameloblastoma, made his jaw and face look swollen and different.
Because of this, he felt shy and worried when talking to people.
He went to several hospitals, but the problem never went away.
Finally, doctors at Banaras Hindu University in India helped him.
They removed the sick part of his lower jaw.
Then they built a new jaw using a bone from his leg called the fibula.
They connected small blood vessels so the new jaw could get blood, just like a natural one.
The operation took about eight hours.
After surgery, his face looks normal again, he can walk without any weakness, and he feels much happier.
BHU's Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery unit removed a large lower jaw tumour from a 35-year-old man and rebuilt his jaw using his fibula bone.
The patient, a resident of Lakhimpur Kheri, had been suffering from ameloblastoma for the past seven years.
The approximately eight-hour microvascular free fibula flap surgery connected the fibula's arteries to the neck arteries to restore blood circulation.
The patient, who had experienced social discomfort, hesitation, and social anxiety due to facial asymmetry, has regained his social confidence.
Prof Akhilesh Kumar Singh led the surgical team; the patient is healthy, has no weakness in his leg, and is walking normally.
- Who
- A 35-year-old man from Lakhimpur Kheri, treated by the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery unit of Banaras Hindu University led by Prof Akhilesh Kumar Singh.
- What
- Surgeons removed a lower jaw tumour (ameloblastoma) and reconstructed the jaw using the patient's right leg fibula bone in microvascular free fibula flap reconstruction surgery.
- When
- The exact date of the surgery is not specified in the article.
- Where
- The Trauma Centre's Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery operating theatre at Banaras Hindu University, India.
- Why
- The patient had suffered from ameloblastoma for seven years, experienced facial swelling and deformity that caused social anxiety, and had not found lasting relief from earlier treatments.
- Patient age
- 35 years
- Diagnosis
- Ameloblastoma (lower jaw tumour)
- Duration of condition
- 7 years
- Surgery type
- Microvascular free fibula flap reconstruction surgery
- Surgery duration
- Approximately 8 hours
- Lead surgeon
- Prof Akhilesh Kumar Singh
- Institution
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery unit, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
- Outcome
- Patient healthy, facial features normal, walking normally