Infective complications after free flaps reconstruction in patients affected by head and neck cancer Our experience on 77 cases.

Aim: The success rates of free flaps in patients undergoing head and neck cancer (HNC) surgery are very high (95%- 97%) but the development of a surgical site infection (SSI) can put flap viability at risk. The aim of our study is to identify the risk factors for SSI in patients undergo free flaps reconstruction after head and neck cancer removal.

Material Of Study: Seventyseven patients (44 male and 33 female) from April 2006 to April 2015 admitted at the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery of the University of Naples "Federico II" were included in this study.

Complications after parotid gland surgery Our experience.

Aim: Complications after parotid surgery include deficit of the facial nerve, wound complications, as sialocele and salivary fistula, and Frey syndrome; the goal of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the type of parotid surgery performed and the incidence of each of these complications.

Material Of Study: A total of 184 patients were evaluated and 158 were included in the study. Four different kinds of intervention were made: extracapsular dissection, partial superficial parotidectomy; superficial parotidectomy and total parotidectomy.

Retained upper third molars during Le Fort I osteotomy with downfracture.

Aim: The aim of our study is to demonstrate that the presence of upper wisdom teeth must be evaluated before and during Le Fort I osteotomy because attention must be focused to the disadvantages or facilitations of surgery depending on molar presence.

Materials Of Study: Our study has analyzed two groups, each one including 20 patients, 10 males and 10 females, with an age between 16-30 years. The first group was treated with le Fort I osteotomy leaving in situ the wisdom upper third molars.

Rare case of isolated osteochondroma of the zygomatic bone: an endoscopic-assisted approach.

Aim: Osteochondroma is a benign neoplasia that in the craniofacial district unfrequently can occur in the coronoid process and in the zygomatic arch. We describe a rare case of isolated osteochondroma of the zygomatic bone, undergoing surgical treatment by means of intraoral approach and endoscopic assistance.

Material Of Study: A Caucasian woman aged fifty-two, has been observed in our Department on March 2012 because of pain in the right zygomatic area.