Evaluation of prevalence in the treatment of mandible condyle fractures.

Objective: To study the treatment of fractures of the mandibular condyle and discuss conservative versus surgical therapy.

Methods: We examined the medical records of 892 bucofacial traumas, from which we selected only those who had: reports of condylar fractures, isolated or associated with other facial bones, identification data, dental care history and treatment applied for the condylar fracture. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and the conservative and surgical therapies were compared.

[The gastric bypass banding for morbid obesity in a patient with situs inversus].

The gastric bypass is a good option in the therapy of morbid obesity. Nevertheless, it must be considered the rare condition as occurred in a patient with previous abdominal surgery with Situs Inversus Totalis. A 24 year-old male patient with body mass index of 40 Kg/ m(2), multiple dietary failures, and arterial hypertension as co-morbidities, with a anterior paramedial right incision due to a previous appendicectomy (8 years ago).

[Cyclosporine induced gingival hyperplasia in kidney transplants].

Objective: Assess the influence of cyclosporine on the gingival growth of 60 patients with kidney transplant through a research carried out at the Hospital Cajuru in Curitiba, (April to October of 2002).

Methods: Regardless of age, gender, ethnic or social condition, all patients received cyclosporine daily and had, at least, one dental segment. They monthly returned to the Hospital for medical control and for several laboratory exams, among them the cyclosporine serum level.