Transoral approach for plunging ranula-10-Year experience
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Transoral approach for plunging ranula--10-year experience.
OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS Plunging ranulas (PRs) are infrequently encountered. The origin of PRs is mostly from the sublingual gland (SLG). Different routes to manage PRs include marsupialization, simple SLG excision, and combined SLG and submandibular gland (SMG) excision either transcervically or transorally. In this study, we demonstrated our experience managing PRs via transoral excision of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Laryngoscope
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0023-852X,1531-4995
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20674