Monica, don't know if this is reply is too late to advise you but I had a neck dissection done at the same time as a partial glossectomy(about 50% of my tongue) and graft of a flap from my arm. On discharge from hospital after ater about 10 days I could barely raise my arm to the horizontal at the side. A couple of months later afer some advice from a physio on exercises, I have complete mobility back. I had 22 lymph node removed so they poked around in there quite a bit but obviously avoided any damage to the accessory nerve that controls the shoulder muscle. Can't help with statistics. Its now 6 months on and my scar has healed beautifully. Neck is still strange to touch and some patches of numbness which have receeded over the months and I am told should improve still further.


Diagnosed Early April 2010 SCC left tongue t3n1
PEG insertion 26th April 2010
Patial glossectomy with flap from arm and left neck dissection 28th April
20 sessions of radiotherapy in June
PEG removal Today - yippee! 19th Nov