Small tongue squamous cell carcinoma with neck metastasis at diagnosis: operative insights and surgical technique.
Roberto BruschiniFrancesco ChuMarta TagliabueGioacchino GiuglianoMohssen AnsarinPublished in: Tumori (2022)
Type IIIA glossectomy permits a high function sparing surgery in selected cases, with better postoperative functional outcomes. From an oncological perspective, it permits a radical surgery, avoiding postoperative radiation in the absence of extracapsular spread, multiple nodal metastases or T-N tract involvement.