[Technique of glossectomy (author's transl)].

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.