Airway Morphological Changes in Pierre Robin Sequence: A Retrospective Study.

CONCLUSIONS: In this small, heterogenous patient sample, MDO increases airway size, may preferentially affect the retropalatal airway, and often results in supraphysiologic airway dimensions. These retropalatal changes may be important in relieving severe UAO in patients with PRS. Generalizability of our results is limited by small cohort size and patient heterogeneity.
PMID: 31964165 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal - January 21, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Humphries LS, Roy T, Huang A, Collins J, Baroody FM, Reid RR Tags: Cleft Palate Craniofac J Source Type: research