[Mandibular fractures: epidemiology, therapeutic management, and complications in a series of 563 cases].

Introduction: The Paris urban and suburban area (Ile-de-France) has the leading regional population in France. This population has specific characteristics. This study concerns mandibular fractures.

Conservative management of Gradenigo syndrome in a child.

Gradenigo syndrome consists of the association of otitis media, facial pain in regions innervated by the first and second division of trigeminal nerve and abducens nerve paralysis. It is caused by osteitis of the petrous apex (PA) and is a very rare complication of otitis media. Its treatment usually consists in mastoidectomy and antibiotics.