Hi nocam, primmary closure is to use my own tongue to fill the part that was taken off. It means that my surgeon attached the tip of my tongue to the missinv part, and then it looks like an S. I had to remove 30 x 20 mm of my tongue...

December, 2011 - T1N0M0 SSC Oral Tongue sugery (Dec 07, 2011). Partial glossectomy, primary closure. Selective Neck dissection, all 57 nodes free. 29 at diagnosis, no risk factors at all. No smoking, drinking and HPV negative. Can you explain? I can't.