Osteopetrosis of the Temporal Bone Treated with Cochlear Implant.

Osteopetrosis is a heterogeneous group of skeletal disorders. It is a rare genetic disease caused by osteoclast dysfunction, leading to invalid bone desorption and remodeling and an increase in skeletal mass and density. We present the case of a 52-year-old female with osteopetrosis of the temporal bone.

[Complications of surgical treatment in patients with laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer].

Introduction: Surgical treatment of patients with laryngeal or/and hypopharyngeal cancer is combined with potential risk of complications either local and general. The aim of the study was to evaluate the occurrence of them in the large cohort of patients with mentioned localization of cancer.

Material And Methods: The group of 447 patients, treated between 2000-2005 in Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Medical University of Lublin were analyzed retrospectively.