How do doctors remove a person's tongue?
January 7, 2008 12:13 PM Subscribe
What is the procudeure for a total glossectomy?
(It's for a piece of fiction; I don't know anyone undergoing the procedure). I've done a lot of googling but can't find the exact method that doctors use for cutting out a person's tongue. (The story takes place around 1999, if that changes things).
(It's for a piece of fiction; I don't know anyone undergoing the procedure). I've done a lot of googling but can't find the exact method that doctors use for cutting out a person's tongue. (The story takes place around 1999, if that changes things).
This is an ENT procedure for Ca of the tongue, try some of these links.
More common ENT procedures will have a youtube as well but this is extremely rare.
posted by Wilder at 2:45 PM on January 7, 2008
More common ENT procedures will have a youtube as well but this is extremely rare.
posted by Wilder at 2:45 PM on January 7, 2008
Best answer: Oh, and well-known English journo John Diamond had one and it may be useful to read his Bio
posted by Wilder at 2:47 PM on January 7, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Wilder at 2:47 PM on January 7, 2008 [1 favorite]
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posted by aeschenkarnos at 2:16 PM on January 7, 2008