I had to have both sides of my neck done due to calcification of the whole styloid on both sides. I was in the hospital for 72 hours. During the surgery I had 2 ENT doctors and a cardiovascular surgeon there because it was pressing on my carotid causing stroke like symptoms. They put drains on both sides of my neck while I was in the hospital to drain the blood and fluids out from my incision sites. It was quite the ordeal really. The pain and swelling after the surgery was pretty intense. What ended up being a 2 hour surgery turned into a 5 hour surgery. The main surgeon for the surgery had stated that they had never seen a case where the whole entire styloid was calcified