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. 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 V.

Responses to Survey Questions.

Question Answer Choices Reponses
What surgical approach would you use to treat an oral (simple) ranula? Transoral approach 212 (97%)
Cervical approach 1 (0%)
Combined transoral and cervical approach 4 (2%)
Other 2 (1%)
What surgical procedure would you use to treat an oral (simple) ranula? Marsupialization 67 (30%)
Ranula excision 56 (25%)
Sublingual gland excision with evacuation of ranula 22 (10%)
Sublingual gland+ranula excision 70 (32%)
Submandibular gland+ranula excision 1 (0%)
Sublingual gland+submandibular gland+ranula excision 1 (0%)
Other 3 (1%)
How many oral (simple) ranulas have you treated? 0 7 (3%)
1–3 31 (15%)
4–10 70 (34%)
11–20 56 (27%)
21–30 22 (11%)
>30 20 (10%)
What surgical approach would you use to treat a plunging ranula? Transoral approach 59 (27%)
Cervical approach 49 (23%)
Combined transoral and cervical approach 105 (49%)
Other 3 (1%)
What surgical procedure would you use to treat a plunging ranula? Marsupialization 9 (4%)
Ranula excision 31 (14%)
Sublingual gland excision with evacuation of ranula 27 (12%)
Sublingual gland+ranula excision 84 (39%)
Submandibular gland+ranula excision 11 (5%)
Sublingual gland+submandibular gland+ranula excision 49 (23%)
Other 6 (3%)
How many plunging ranulas have you treated? 0 15 (7%)
1–3 70 (35%)
4–10 76 (38%)
11–20 23 (12%)
21–30 11 (6%)
>30 5 (3%)
Please tell us your age range. 20–30 years 1 (0%)
31–40 years 41 (19%)
41–50 years 67 (30%)
51–60 years 66 (30%)
61–70 years 36 (16%)
>70 years 9 (4%)