Maxillofacial rehabilitation after rhinectomy using two different treatment options: clinical reports.

The aim of these clinical reports was to describe two different approaches to prosthetic rehabilitation after facial disfigurement because of a total rhinectomy. A man with a total rhinectomy was scheduled for craniofacial implants in the nasal residual defect. Three oral implants were used instead of craniofacial ones.

Long term results of reconstruction plates in lateral mandibular defects. Revision of nine cases.

Objective: Although microsurgical bone transplant is still the gold standard, mandibular reconstruction plates (MRP) were for several years considered a fast and safe way to restore mandibular continuity without using a bone graft. New plate designs with locking screws have been recently introduced, and these may overcome some of the complications related to previous designs. We review the results of mandibular reconstruction plates in our institution from 1991 to 1995.

Midline (dermoid) cysts of the floor of the mouth: report of 16 cases and review of surgical techniques.

A retrospective review of 16 cases of midline (dermoid) cysts of the floor of the mouth is presented, evaluating the different surgical approaches. Sixteen cases of patients with a diagnosis of midline cyst of the floor of the mouth, treated at the Maxillofacial Surgery Department of the School of Medicine and Surgery of the "Federico II" University of Naples (Naples, Italy), were observed over a 10-year period, between 1988 and 1998; age, sex, localization, diagnostic technique, and type of treatment were evaluated. Male patients were more frequently affected, with a male-to-female ratio of 3:1 (12:4 cases).

[Infiltrating lipomas of the face. Reporting five clinical cases].

Lipomas are benign tumors situated preferably on shallow areas of members and trunk, although they can be detected also on head and neck. Infiltrative lipomas subfasciae (intramuscular or intermuscular) are on the contrary rarities. Differential diagnosis with liposarcoma is important because both growths share the preferential those sites.