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Re: Tongue Base Surgery


Posted by CONSIDERING MMA SURGERY on September 07, 2007 at 17:36:13:

In Reply to: Re: Tongue Base Surgery posted by seattlebill on September 07, 2007 at 15:53:20:

There are no current peer reviewed articles using the tools I am using. There are a couple of book chapter type articles and two publications using the same tools in a different way (Robinson and Mair are first authors)
Here is another email this doctor sent me.

"Articles on my technque are currently being written or submitted. I have not given you all the risks of MMA. I will not without prior prior consultation develop a treatment plan with another surgeon. If you have develped such a plan with someone else then they should procede with the treatments. I don't blindly do other peoples work"

I know the surgery is not GA, somnoplasty, or somnoplasty variant.

It is either partial glossectomy, glossectomy or something new...but because it is done without Anesthesia I do not think it is a full glossectomy.

He is about 100 miles from me an does not like to email...and he seems mad at me now for asking question by email. I am afraid to ask him again even in person.


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