Hypercondylia: problems in diagnosis and therapeutic indications.

Condylar hyperplasia is a rare disease that alters the anatomy of one of the two condylus of the mandible as a consequence of the abnormal growth of the interested condylus and results in facial asymmetry and functional problems at puberty. Both sexes are affected. Two cases were analyzed, including an active and an inactive nucleus.

Orbital reconstruction: bone-anchored implants.

The authors present their experience on reconstruction by extraoral bone-anchored implants technique, showing two patients from a total of 13, treated for orbital reconstruction. They were selected from 66 patients treated for reconstruction of orbit, ear and nose using this technique by the staff of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. They underwent orbital emptying due to cancer pathology.