glossectomy

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• We chose not to operate on our patient because there is no consensus in the literature that surgery would definitively improve his quality of life and because the morbidity of a glossectomy in this patient would have been substantial.

  Academic text (2005)

• The doctor explained that a glossectomy might be necessary to remove the tumor from the patient's tongue.

• All patients in the original series, however, underwent unilateral partial glossectomies.

  Academic text (2010)

• Harmonic devices have been used in neck dissection, thyroidectomy, glossectomy, and parotidectomy.

  Academic text (2010)

• We had the chance to join ENT in their surgery of the partial glossectomy, and they'll be doing their part after we do the dental extractions.

• We introduce a double bilobed modification for a patient requiring reconstruction after bilateral anterior partial glossectomy.

  Academic text (2010)

• For surgical resection, the surgeon should code for "glossectomy, less than one-half tongue" (41120).

  Academic text (1999)

• The patient was advised that sacrifice of the lingual arteries and hypoglossal nerves bilaterally might be required in order to achieve complete tumor resection, and consent was obtained for possible total glossectomy.

  Academic text (2003)

• Following the glossectomy, the patient required special dietary modifications to help with swallowing.

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