(F)stabilization of tissue with chalazion-type device; (G) stabilization of tissue with traction sutures, in which two silk sutures, placed through the substance of the tongue (mucosa and muscle) to prevent pulling through tissue, are used to stabilize the tongue before excisional biopsy. (H) The lesion is removed after an elliptical incision was made around it. (I) Resorbable sutures are placed to approximate muscle. (J) The mucosa is closed.