Fixation of the tongue below mandible in Pierre Robin syndrome

For some children with a diagnosis of Robin syndrome the conservative treatment will not be sufficient due to recurrent glossoptosis and acute obturation of the airways which leads to asphyxia. The risk for children with this complication is so serious that it needs emergency surgical treatment. Its aim is an artificial ankyloglossia. However, often it fails when the stitches cut through. The technique of tongue fixation presented in this paper has proved successful.