Eileen, I proudly post my procedures in my signature for all to see, which is how you knew.

My surgeries were all done in one happy fun fest, I had them all done at one time. My surgeon explained to me the possible complications and probabilities to each step they did and was there to explain to me why I have the issues that I have. I knew the complications to each step as well due to a wonderful tool called google before I went under the knife.

While I will point out that I'm probably worst case scenario here (surviving)as I had a stage 4 primary that took up most of my face and jaw but also I had a stage 4 lymph node as well with several hot nodes.

However each complication listed is well documented and easily found in an internet search if you don't have access to an Otolaryngologist.