Germ cell tumors of the head and neck: report from the MAKEI Study Group.

Background: Germ cell tumors (GCTs) of the head and neck region are rare but may pose significant problems for perinatal management as well as surgical and adjuvant therapy.

Procedure: Thirty-two prospectively reported patients from the German MAKEI studies (Maligne Keimzelltumoren) were analyzed with regard to perinatal management and long-term survival.

Results: Twenty-three tumors were diagnosed around birth and four during the first 3 months of life.

Hyperbaric oxygen for adjuvant therapy for chronically recurrent mandibular osteomyelitis in childhood and adolescence.

Purpose: In this article, the question of whether adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has a positive effect when treating chronically recurrent mandibular osteomyelitis in children and adolescents is discussed.

Patients And Methods: Over a period of 5 years, 4 cases were observed, 3 of which were submitted to adjuvant HBO. Details on the modalities of this type of treatment and the simultaneous intravenous administration of high doses of antibiotics are reported.

[Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) during treatment of infected free bone transplants. A Case report].

Background: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) leads to a significant increase of oxygen supply in poorly perfused tissue. Several physiological mechanisms of this treatment modality are suitable for having a positive effect on infected large autologous free bone transplants.

Case Report: In a 49-year-old male with a metastasized squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of the mouth radical tumour surgery with subsequent radiation was performed.

[Eyelid replacement-plasty].

After a short description of the history of eyelid reconstruction, the causes of defects are discussed. For the primary and secondary treatment of thermic injuries, a full-skin graft is recommended and the indication of combined skin-cartilage transplants is mentioned. For deep defects, numerous methods of eyelid reconstruction are available.

[Late outcome and complications of mandibular compression osteosynthesis with intraoral approach--a 10-year study].

Late results and complications following rigid internal fixation of mandibular fractures-a 10 year survey. From 1984 to 1993 541 fractures of the mandible in 332 patients have been treated by rigid internal fixation with the mandibular compression system (MCS). In 0.