[Late results of stomatologic and ophthalmologic treatment of injuries involving the central part of the face].

The authors present an analysis of the results of treatment of patients with injury of the central fragment of the face, who have been hospitalized in the 2nd Department of the Maxillofacial surgery in Silesian Academy of Medicine. In the period 1980-1987 there were 447 patients with an injury of the central fragment of the face. Among this group 60 (13.

[Evaluation of the indications for conservative and surgical treatment of mandibular fractures in the light of late therapeutic results. Own material results of studies].

The studied material comprised 300 inpatients with mandibular fractures in whom the data necessary for the intended assessment were collected according to an acc epted programme. The collected material made possible to evaluate the indications to surgical and conservative treatment in the light of immediate and late results considering the duration of the treatment and its effectiveness, and the time of disability to work or school work. On the basis of the obtained therapeutic results the necessity was demonstrated of introduction of slight corrections in the presently accepted indications to the choice of treatment type.

[Evaluation of the indications used for conservative and surgical treatment of mandibular fractures in the light of late results].

A survey of the literature on the selection of conservative or surgical treatment of mandibular fractures is presented. In view of great advances in traumatology and other related medical specialities the need arose of verification of the presently accepted indications to the choice of the type and mode of treatment of fractures in the facial skeleton. The range of studies on this problem and the methods are described.

[Tuberculosis of jaw bones].

The authors report three cases of isolated tuberculous foci of jaw bones and stress the increase in the prevalence of tuberculosis in last years. The process had a protracted course and was associated with isolated or multiple pus-discharging fistulae. In all cases the final diagnosis was based on the histological examination of scrapings from the pathological lesions.