[Basalioma of the face: problems of treatment and rehabilitation (author's transl)]

The authors communicate the results of their experiences with 96 basaliomes. 62.5% of patients were men. The mean age was 62 +/- 1.38 years. Basaliomes were most frequent on certain sections of the face: 49 were situated in the ear region, 19 in the eye region and 24 on the nose. We observed only one basliome on the upper lip, and five others in the temporal and occipital region. 26 out of 96 patients were already treated outside, some of them even several times, before coming for our treatment. Our best results were obtained by surgical operation and this for of the following reasons: 1. Results are as good as with other methods. 2. Better cosmetic results were obtained by methods of plastic surgery. 3. Costs are reduced because of short treatment. Therefore most basaliomes were operated (77 = 80.2%). In 17 cases combination with radiotherapy was necessary because of the importance of the tumor. Two patients were only radiated because they refused surgical treatment. We observed relapse in 11 cases, 4 of them were reoperated, 6 were reoperated and radiated and one of them was only radiated. So we obtained on overall cure-rate of 98.9%. Because of high frequency of basaliomes on nose, ears and eyes certain surgical procedures related by us showed good results and didn't need hospitalisation of the patients. We recommend to hospitalise patients with angular basaliomes of the eye always, because they often have a deep extension, and the defects created by operations are difficult to be treated by plastic surgery. We think that our methods of therapy could be taken as an example.