[Salivaly gland tumors in childhood: importance of an early diagnosis and treatment].

Objective: Review of our series of salivaly gland tumors at pediatric age, given its low frequency and their higher rate of malignancy compared with the adult population.

Material And Methods: Retrospective study of the medical records of all pediatric patients with salivaly gland tumors treated in our center between 1998 and 2013.

Results: We identified 12 patients.

[Cervical cystic lymphangioma: still a challenge].

Introduction: Cervical lymphangiomas can not only cause severe sequelae (aesthetic, phonatory or deglutory) but can also be life thereatening due to airway compresion or massive bleeding. This paper analyzes our surgical results, the value of prenatal diagnosis and the use of new techniques such as the EXIT procedure for airway control in sereve cases.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical record of patients with cervical lymphangiomas treated in our center between 1986 and 2009, according to our Clinical Documentation Database.

[EXIT procedure in the management of severe foetal airway obstruction. the paediatric otolaryngologist's perspective].

The ex-utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure is a technique designed to allow partial foetal delivery via caesarean section with establishment of a safe foetal airway by either intubation, bronchoscopy, or tracheostomy while foetal oxygenation is maintained through utero-placental circulation. The most common indication for the EXIT procedure is the presence of foetal airway obstruction, which is usually caused by a prenatal diagnosed neck mass. We report three cases of head and neck tumours with airway obstruction treated by means of EXIT and with different solutions in the management of the airway.

[Auricular alloplastic reconstruction with osteointegrated implants: a new therapy option in microtia].

Microtia has been treated over the years with autogenous tissues, although the results continue to improve, it is technically a very demanding procedure, even in the hands of a well trained surgeon. Osseointegrated implant-supported ear prosthesis, is less demanding, more straightforward, and offers a better cosmetic result. Since 1996 we have treated 8 patients with microtia types III and IV, with titanium osseointegrated implant-supported ear prosthesis in the bone of the mastoid process.