Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 55 | Hi head/neck surgeon pulled my wisdom teeth during the same surgery to do the hemiglossectomy and neck dissection...so for him bleeding from the teeth wasn't an issue....
Hope that helps! Lisa
Lisa 36 years old at diagnosis SCC of the tongue T2N2bM0 Stage IV post hemi glossectomy and neck dissection (3/28/07), finished 6 weeks of radiation and Cisplatin x2 6/19/07. Biopsy taken from right side of tongue 7/17/08 - results showed infected abscess and no return of SCC!
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