. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 4.

Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2009 Aug;119(8):1501–1509. doi: 10.1002/lary.20291

TABLE III.

Complications Associated With the Treatments for Oral Ranulas.

	OK-432^*	Aspiration	Ranula Excision	Marsupialization	Sublingual Gland+Ranula (Transoral Approach)
Recurrences	23/40 (57.5%)	9/11 (81.8%)	1/5 (20%)	17/86 (19.8%)	0/146 (0%)
Complications
Tongue hypesthesia	0/40 (0%)	0/11 (0%)	0/5 (0%)	0/86 (0%)	7^†/146 (4.8%)
Wharton duct injury	0/40 (0%)	0/11 (0%)	0/5 (0%)	0/86 (0%)	1/146 (0.7%)
Bleeding/hematoma	0/40 (0%)	0/11 (0%)	0/5 (0%)	0/86 (0%)	7/146 (4.8%)
Post-op infection	0/40 (0%)	0/11 (0%)	0/5 (0%)	0/86 (0%)	4/146 (2.7%)
Oral ranula total	23/40 (57.5%)	9/11 (81.8%)	1/5 (20%)	17/86 (19.8%)	19/146 (13.0%)
Reference	15, 17	18	6, 26	3, 19, 20, 21, 22	3, 12, 20, 22 ^‡

Post-op = postoperative.

Rate based on initial injection.

^†

Two cases did not resolve; two 2 cases ranula marsupialized, not excised.

^‡

Taken from the University of North Carolina series.