[Distractios osteogenesis in maxillofacial surgery].

For more than one decade the extremity surgery already used distraction osteogenesis. This new therapy in the region of the maxillofacial surgery (in the case of malformation of the maxilla and mandible) was adapted from the extremity surgeons. The authors summarized and classified the methods and history of the osteodistraction surgery based on literature.

[Gardner-syndrome: case report].

The major symptoms of Gardner-syndrome are described by the authors (multiple osteomas, desmoid tumors, colon polyps with malignant tendency) with a case appearing in their department. The importance of early diagnosis is also emphasized.