title: [Technique of glossectomy (author's transl)].
abstract: Glossectomy is performed in order to reduce the size of the tongue. There are four types:--median anterior glossectomy, the most classical being median lozenge glossectomy;--central glossectomy which does not touch the peripheral border of the tongue;--glossectomy combining these two methods;--marginal glossectomy which may be segmental or extended to involve the whole of the perimeter of the tongue.
mesh_terms: D005927:Glossectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Technique des glossectomies.