The platysma flap is a good method to reconstruct small and medium sized defects of oral cavity, especially in patients where a microsurgery reconstruction is not possible.

Introduction Mandibles fractures are one of the most frequent pathologies treated in an Oral and Maxillofacial Department and represent a serious public health problem. Materials and MethodsWe present a retrospective study of patients treated for mandible fractures by the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department in a Spanish tertiary hospital during 2010-2012. Results One hundred and thirty-nine patients with 201 mandible fracture sites were assisted in our department; 15% were female and 85% were male, with a male-tofemale ratio of 5.5:1. The observed mean age was 35 years with a range between 15 and 89 years. The most frequent etiology of fractures was the assault (43%) followed by falls (32%). The most common fracture site was the mandibular angle (35%), followed by the parasymphysis (30%). Concerning combined fractures (60%), the most repeated association was the angle and the parasymphysis. The principal imaging test for diagnosis was the orthopantomography. The intermaxillary fixation was performed in the 25% of cases, and the rest of mandible fractures were fixed by osteosynthesis. The surgical treatment had an average of 4.2 days after the trauma, and the mean time of hospitalization was 6.5 days. ConclusionThe principal aim of the treatment of mandible fractures is to restore the function of the patient occlusion. A malocclusion after surgery may decrease the patient quality of life, so a correct fracture reduction could shrink health spending. After the result shown in the present study, the social education should be improved in the developed countries with the objective of decline in the amount of aggressiveness.

The incidence of testicular cancer in cryptorchidic testis is 3 to 48 times higher than in general population. The existence of maldescended testis in adult population is rare in developed countries, due to the normal practice of elective orchidopexia in children under 2 years old and orchiectomy in maldecended testis in postpuberal pacients. In spite these measures of prevention, there are still isolated cases of Intra-abdominal testicular tumors in adults.

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