[Subperiostal orbital hemorrhage induced by effort for vomiting].

Unlabelled: Subperiostal orbital hemorrhage is a rare condition. It usually occurs as a result of trauma or because of a vascular disorder. We present a case of subperiostal orbital hemorrhage induced by effort for vomiting.

Radiofrequency tongue reduction through a cervical approach: a pilot study.

Objective/hypothesis: The objective of this prospective cohort study was to determine the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of radiofrequency tongue base reduction through a cervical approach in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).

Methods: Patients with moderate to severe OSAS and predominant tongue base obstruction by physical examination were included at our institution from 1999 to 2003. A sonogram was obtained to identify the lingual arteries, and an electrode was inserted through the neck and into the tongue under fluoroscopic guidance.

Radiofrequency in the treatment of craniofacial plexiform neurofibromatosis: a pilot study.

Background: Neurofibromatosis type 1 manifests itself by the development of plexiform neurofibromas, with craniofacial deformities caused by bone alterations and soft-tissue infiltration. The medical treatment of this disease is disappointing, and the surgical management of these deformities calls for aggressive procedures. There is a strong risk of recurrence.

Surgical strategy in the treatment of globe protrusion depending on its mechanism (Graves' disease, nonsyndromic exorbitism, or high myopia).

Background: Graves' ophthalmopathy affects orbital contents and eyelids. Protrusion of the globe can also be the result of myopia and/or an abnormal orbit shape, which is responsible for nonsyndromic exorbitism. It is necessary to recognize these components of protrusion to treat patients adequately.

Orbital morphology in exophthalmos and exorbitism.

Background: Exophthalmos is a protrusion of the eyeball due to an increase in orbital contents in a normal bony orbit. Exorbitism is a protrusion of the eyeball due to a decrease in capacity of the orbital container, with a normal orbital content volume such as seen in a congenital form termed nonsyndromic exorbitism. High myopia can enhance proptosis.

[Cranialization of the frontal sinus].

Unlabelled: In the surgery of frontal sinus exclusion, the place of cranialization is still controversial. Our aims were to describe the operative technique, report our results and discuss its indications.

Patients And Methods: Nineteen patients were operated according to this technique between 1984 and 1997.

[Hemifacial microsomia treated with mandibular lengthening using intraoral distractors. On precise indications].

Mandibular hypoplasia in the hemifacial microsomia have largely benefited from distraction techniques especially intraoral. In fact, these techniques are possible in the child, replacing him in a better morphological, psychological and functional configuration. They can redynamise growth and, in any case, diminish secondary distant effects.

[Comparison between arteriography and magnetic resonance angiography in patients with leg peripheral arterial disease ].

Purpose: The anatomic information before surgical therapy must be precise. Contrast angiography fails to opacify distal vessels in a large number of cases. We have evaluated the capability of magnetic resonance angiography to depict peripheral arteries.

[Tongue base reduction with hyoid-epiglottoplasty. A surgical alternative in severe sleep apnea syndromes].

We present preliminary results and indications of tongue base reduction with hyo-epiglottoplasty for the treatment of severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) due to isolated hyolingual abnormalities. The procedure consists in a subtotal resection of the tongue base after identification and derouting of the lingual neurovascular bundle. Hypopharyngeal enlargement, epiglottis verticalization, floor of the mouth tension and hyoid bone repositioning are also performed during the procedure.

Dorsal mesencephalic lipoma with inferior collicular hypoplasia: a case report and review of literature.

Intracranial lipomas are rare lesions the pathogenesis of which is still a matter of debate. We report the case of a patient presenting an asymptomatic lipoma located in the quadrigeminal and supra-cerebellar cisterns. The lipoma was associated with hypoplasia of the right inferior colliculus and of the rostral part of the vermis.