James,

How are you doing? I'm following up quite a long time since these posts. Can you give me the name of the bok that discusses the tongue release procedure?

My situation is a little strange: they only had to take about 25% of my anterior tongue but the surgeon chose to do a "mucosal advancement flap" to close the defect. This was ok until I recieved radiation to the oral cavity about six months later "for good measure" since my nodes got involved and I needed radiation for that. The radiation caused the scar to draw up and now my tongue is tethered to where I'm still on G-tube and/or liquid diet because I can't manipulated food enough to get the calories any other way.

Thanks,

Mike

age 53 TxN2bM0 stage IV tongue and 2 nodes, non smoker, non-drinker, heavy plastic wrap exposure 25+ years, 2 surgeries, neck dissection, 60 GY IMRT+ cisplatin X5 completed 07/09, new primary on tongue 11/09.