[Combined Le-Fort I and sagittal split osteotomy of the mandible for severe mandibular prognathism or maxillary retrognathism. Follow-up study]. / Kombination Osteotomie in der Le-Fort-I-Ebene und sagittale Osteotomie des Unterkieferastes in Fällen schwerer Progenie oder Retrognathie. Nachuntersuchung.

11 patients were treated for severe mandibular prognathism or maxillary retrognathism with a one-stage procedure combining Le-Fort I and sagittal-split osteotomy of the ramus. Clinical and radiographic check-ups were done at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months after the operation. The evaluation was based on the measured base angles and distances between the planes passing through skeletal key positions of the visceral cranium and the resulting soft tissue positions. The esthetic and functional rehabilitation obtained was good. In 3 of our patients the skeletal relapse rate was 1.1 mm.

[Lithiasis in small salivary ducts. Report of 3 cases]. / Lithiasis der kleinen Speicheldrüsen. Bericht über drei Fälle.

Three cases with sialolithiasis of minor salivary gland are presented. The sialoliths were found on the left side of the upper lip (two patients) with local infection and on the right side of buccal mucosa (one patient) without any symptom. The histologic findings resulted from our own cases and the etiology are discussed extensively and a literature review is made as well.

Surgery on temporomandibular joint (T.M.J.) in cases with internal derangements.

In this work the surgical intervention in cases with internal derangements in T.M.J. is discussed. The cases where the surgery is applied, the surgical technique and the results taken out of our own patients are referred. The final conclusion is that the surgery gives good results only in well and carefully selected cases.

[The use of autogenous rib bone grafts in maxillofacial surgery]. / E chresimopoiese ton pleurikon ostikon automoscheumaton ste gnathoprosopike cheirourgike.

In this clinical work an extensive report pertaining to the use of autogenous rib bone grafts is made and the surgical technique and the cases where they are applied are discussed as well. The text is framed by the pictures of patients in whom the ribs have been applied. Everything related to the result of these grafts is discussed and the results and observations out of twelve patients are referred too.

[Le Fort I osteotomy and its variations in applied clinical practice]. / H Le Fort I osteotomia kai oi parallages tes sten epharmosmene klinike praxe.

In this article the Le Fort I osteotomy and its variations are described and the cases where they are indicated are referred too. The surgical technique, the diagnostic documents and the evaluation of this skeletal abnormality are also discussed extensively. The author's personal experience out from own cases (some of which are showed here) is expressed.

Facial paresis following sagittal split osteotomy. Report of two cases.

Two cases of transient facial nerve paresis following sagittal split osteotomy have been presented. The patients had complete recovery of nerve function within 5 months in the first case and 8 months in the second case.