TABLE IV.

Complications Associated With the Treatments for Plunging Ranula.

	OK-432*	Ranula Excision	Submandibular Gland+Ranula	Sublingual Gland Excision	Sublingual Gland+Ranula (Transoral Approach)†	Sublingual Gland+Ranula (Cervical Approach)	Sublingual+ Submandibular Glands+Ranula
Recurrences	16/39 (41.0%)	0/5 (0%)	1/3 (33.3%)	0/13 (0%)	0/24	0/16 (0%)	2/14 (14.3%)
Complications
Tongue hypesthesia	0/39 (0%)	2‡/5 (40%)	1§/3 (33.3%)	0/13 (0%)	0/24	4∥/16 (25%)	3/14 (21.4%)
Wharton duct injury	0/39 (0%)	0/5 (0%)	0/3 (0%)	0/13 (0%)	0/24	0/16 (0%)	0/14 (0%)
Bleeding/hematoma	0/39 (0%)	0/5 (0%)	0/3 (0%)	0/13 (0%)	1/24 (4.2%)	2/16 (12.5%)	0/14 (0%)
Post-op infection	0/39 (0%)	1/5 (20%)	0/3 (0%)	0/13 (0%)	0/24	0/16 (0%)	0/14 (0%)
Plunging ranula total	16/39 (41.03%)	3/5 (60%)	2/3 (66.7%)	0/13 (0%)	1/24 (4.2%)	6/16 (37.5%)	5/15 (33.3%)
Reference	16, 17	6, 26	¶	7, 8, 11	10, 11, 26¶	3, 6, 7, 26¶	26¶

Post-op = postoperative.

^*Rate based on initial injection.

^†Ranula drained or excised.

^‡One case with permanent lingual nerve damage & temporary marginal mandibular nerve palsy (2 cases in the series had partial SLG removal).

^§Dysarthria that resolved after 2 months.

^∥marginal mandibular nerve paresis that resolved in 3 months.

^¶Taken from the University of North Carolina series.