[quote=Brian Hill]This is really good news. The core question to ask, since the base of the tongue contains all the nerves that control it and its major blood supply, is exact what does he expect related to any lack of range of motion or utility of your tongue might be impacted by his surgical approach. This is be minimum informed constant you should enter into this treatment with. [/quote]

Absolutely. I'll be asking many of those questions, though watching this video was informative, and there are quite a few other TORS videos on YT as well.

TORS tumor removal at BOT (not for squeamish!)