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Robert J Tibesar1, Daniel L Price, Eric J Moore
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Abstract:
Children with Pierre Robin sequence can present challenging airway management issues. We describe a neonate with a life-threatening airway obstruction secondary to severe micrognathia and glossoptosis. When the patient was 9 days old, bilateral distraction osteogenesis was performed to lengthen the mandible by 17 mm. The patient was subsequently extubated without further airway or swallowing difficulties.
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