I was just wondering - my husband is scheduled to have the modified neck dissection this week. After the procedure is done, will the surgeon be able to make any new prognosis from what was done, or will he be unable to without running further tests or sending the tissue/lymph nodes to the pathologist for analysis first. In other words...will he be able to tell me anything more after the surgery, or not really at this point? Just wondering, because I am nervous enough as it is with the surgery in itself - and I don't think I could prepare myself if there was any "bad news" the surgeon might give. Thanks for any info. you can give.