Teen gets new jawbone from leg

Kessa Kendall during a check-up with surgeon Dr Sarah Rohde, at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in the United States, while the girl’s mother, Kathy Kendall, looks on. (WKRN-TV News 2 photo)

After a tumor destroyed 15-year-old Kessa Kendall’s jawbone and her teeth, doctors at a US children’s hospital were able to find a replacement from her own leg.

Kendall, who travelled from Guyana to Nashville for the 11-hour surgery, is now recovering, according to a report on the WKRN-TV News 2 website.

She was seeing doctors at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital,