Treatment of vascular malformations of the mandible: a description of 12 cases.

This study evaluated the treatment of intraosseous vascular malformation of the mandible. We analysed the medical records of 12 patients treated at the Salpêtrière Hospital (Paris, France) for vascular malformation of the mandible between 1965 and 1996. There were six male and six female patients, with a mean age of 16 years.

[Traumatic superior orbital fissure syndrome: report of 4 cases and review of literature].

Purpose: The authors retrospectively analyzed four cases of posttraumatic superior orbital fissure syndrome and reviewed the literature.

Method: Four patients (three male and one female) were followed for this complication in the department from october 1995 to december 1996.

Results: The mean age was 31 years, the median follow-up was 8 month.

[Peroperative use of a silicone occlusal block for palatal and lingual support in orthognathic surgery].

We present an alternative to acrylic occlusal wafers in orthognatic surgery. We propose using a silicone wafer that is easier to position preoperatively.

[Primary synovial sarcoma of head and neck. Materials of The Gustave Roussy Institute. Report of 13 cases].

This report presents the result of our experience with 13 primary synovial sarcoma of the head and neck. The 9 males and 4 females had a median age of 32 years. The predominant location of the tumor was the pharynx, treatment consist of surgical excision alone or associated with post-operative radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

[Sagittal osteotomy of the ascending ramus. Technic and value of transcutaneous basilar osteotomy].

Dalpont II sagittal osteotomy is the procedure of choice for prognathism. The surface for bone consolidation can be significantly increased by an anterior extension of the section, favored in cases with major skeletal imbalance. Neurosensorial or bone complications often compromise sagittal surgery.