Publications by authors named "Claus Schmeling"

We assessed the long-term outcomes and treatment-related adverse effects of patients with Stage I, "orbital-type" lymphomas that were uniformly treated with photons. All consecutive patients diagnosed with low-grade, Ann Arbor Stage IEA orbital lymphoma treated between 1999 and 2020 at our department were retrospectively reviewed. We excluded patients with exclusive conjunctival involvement, typically treated with en face electrons.

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Objective: This study aims to evaluate malignant and benign diseases that lead to orbital exenteration.

Patients: From December 1999 to September 2017, patients undergoing orbital exenteration were included in this retrospective study. All of them were evaluated on clinical symptoms, indications, tumour localizations, pathologies, reconstruction techniques, complications, recurrences, and survival.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the role of autologous dermis-fat grafts in the reconstruction of orbital soft-tissue defects.

Patients: Thirty-six patients (3-84 years) were enrolled in this retrospective study from 2002 to 2014. The dermis-fat graft was primarily transplanted in seven cases, and secondarily in 29 patients.

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Objective: To examine the role of dermis-fat grafts in preventing gustatory sweating and in the reconstruction of facial contour defects after parotidectomy.

Patients: Twenty-three patients with tumours of the parotid gland were enrolled in this prospective clinical study from January 2006 to February 2014. All of them were evaluated for wound complications, Frey's syndrome, satisfaction, and tumour relapse.

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Purpose: Correction of cleft nose deformity in patients with unilateral cleft lip is challenging and involves primarily the nasal cartilage and the nasal entrance. No consensus on the most effective surgical technique has been reached. This article describes a surgical procedure for nasal entrance correction.

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