Quality of implant anchored craniofacial and intraoral prostheses: patient's evaluation.

Backgrounds: Bone-anchored prostheses have become a major issue in the rehabilitation of patients with facial defects. The objective of this study was to analyze how patients perceived the quality of implant-retained orbit, ear, nose, maxilla, or partial face prosthesis.

Methods: The patients' satisfaction from implant-retained prostheses usage was evaluated by a group of 30 patients with various facial defects.

Diagnostic difficulties and treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the orbit.

Background: There are problems connected with the diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphomas of the orbit, before deciding on the correct treatment.

Material And Methods: Six out of 22 patients with a tumour of the orbit were treated between 1995 and 2004 for orbital non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL). Morphological-functional and aesthetic complications regarding the eyes, the delay between onset and diagnosing the disease and concomitant conditions were evaluated.