Rates of Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Infants with Robin Sequence

Patients with Robin Sequence (RS) typically present with airway obstruction and feeding impairment during infancy. Some require an operation to relieve the airway obstruction, such as tongue-lip adhesion (TLA), mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO), or tracheostomy (trach). As the airway obstruction is usually the cause of the feeding difficulties, oral feeding may improve after the airway obstruction is resolved. Patients with prolonged inability to feed orally, however, will require gastrostomy tube (G-tube) insertion.

Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - October 1, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: K.E. Ghoul, C.E. Calabrese, M.J. Koudstaal, C.M. Resnick Tags: Pediatrics and Cleft Abstract Session Source Type: research