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Purpose: Aim of the study is to discuss about the variety of circumstances that may dictate prosthetic restoration of rhinectomy-orbital defects.Methods: Surgical reconstruction of small facial defects is possible and in most cases is preferable,but if recurrence of tumor is likely,prosthetic restoration gives the advantage to monitor the surgical site closely.Surgical restoration of large defects is technically difficult and requires multiple procedures and hospitalizations.Patients confronted with this type of defect are usually older and less able or willing to tolerate the multiple procedures required for surgical reconstruction.Increasing numbers of this type of tumors are being treated with radiation therapy,whose collateral effects increase the risk of complications associated with reconstruction.