Feeding complications in a six-week-old infant secondary to distraction osteogenesis for airway obstruction: A case report

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1465-1468

  Howlett, Chris ^a   Stavropoulos, Mary F ^a   Steinberg, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROGNATHIA; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEWBORN; PATIENT POSITIONING; TONSILLECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 0032736361     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(99)90736-X     Document Type: Article

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