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glossectomy

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glossectomy /glos·sec·to·my/ (glos-ek´tah-me) excision of all or a portion of the tongue.
glos·sec·to·my (glô-skt-m)
n.
Excision or amputation of the tongue. Also called lingulectomy.
glossectomy
[glosek′təmē]
Etymology: Gk, glossa, tongue, ektomē, excision
the surgical removal of all or a part of the tongue.
glossectomy (glôsek´tmē),
n the surgical removal of the tongue, a portion of the tongue, or a lesion of the tongue.
glossectomy
excision of all or a portion of the tongue.


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His medical history was significant for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the tongue 7 years earlier; the SCC had been treated with a total glossectomy, epiglottidectomy, and bilateral neck dissections followed by chemotherapy and radiation.
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14) 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.
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Ten years earlier, he had undergone a right partial glossectomy and segmental mandibulectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the right tongue base, followed by 50 Gy of radiation delivered over 33 sessions.
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