Browsing by Subject "Micrognathia"

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    Feeding Performance and Outcomes in Infants With Robin Sequence Undergoing Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis
    (Sage, 2024) McGhee, Heather; Gehle, Daniel; Shope, Chelsea; Wen, Chun-Che; Marston, Alexander P.; Discolo, Christopher; Pecha, Phayvanh P.; Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine
    Objective: To describe perioperative feeding performance in infants with Robin sequence (RS) who underwent mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO). Design: A retrospective study of infants that underwent MDO from May 2010 to December 2019. Setting: Tertiary pediatric hospital. Patients: A total of 40 patients underwent MDO and 20 met inclusion criteria. Of the included infants, 6 had an associated syndrome and 80% were male. Main Outcome Measures: Time to full oral feeds, rate of G-tube placement, and change in weight percentile following MDO. Results: Average oral intake prior to MDO was 22.1% of individual goal feeds. Among the 15 (75%) children that did not require G-tube placement, mean time to full oral feeds after MDO was 11 days ± 5.7 days, with 80% of infants reaching full oral feeds within 2 weeks after extubation. The proportion of G-tube placement in patients with a syndrome was higher than in isolated RS (−0.6; 95% CI: −1.0, −0.2). Mean percentages of weight-for-age percentile decreased during the first 3 months after the procedure. This was followed by a mean upturn in weight starting after the third month after MDO with a recovery to preoperative mean weight-for-age percentiles by 6 months after surgery. Conclusions: This study suggests that infants with RS may achieve full oral feeds despite poor feeding performance before MDO. Infants with syndromic RS are more likely to require G-tube. These findings may be used to inform G-tube discussion and offer a timeline to work toward goal oral feeds for infants with RS after MDO.
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    Robin sequence: what the multidisciplinary approach can do
    (Dovepress, 2017-03-27) Cohen, Stephanie M; Greathouse, S. Travis; Rabbani, Cyrus C.; O’Neil, Joseph; Kardatzke, Matthew A.; Hall, Tasha E.; Bennett, William E.; Daftary, Ameet S.; Matt, Bruce H.; Tholpady, Sunil S.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Robin sequence (RS) is a commonly encountered triad of micrognathia, glossoptosis, and airway obstruction, with or without a cleft palate. The management of airway obstruction is of paramount importance, and multiple reviews and retrospective series outline the diagnosis and treatment of RS. This article focuses on the multidisciplinary nature of RS and the specialists’ contributions and thought processes regarding the management of the RS child from birth to skeletal maturity. This review demonstrates that the care of these children extends far beyond the acute airway obstruction and that thorough monitoring and appropriate intervention are required to help them achieve optimal outcomes.