Temporary tongue-lip traction during the initial period of mandibular distraction in Pierre Robin sequence

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-23

  Lee, Jun Ho ^a   Kim, Yong Ha ^a  

^a Yeungnam University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pierre Robin sequence; Tongue lip traction

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROGNATHIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE LIP TRACTION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LIP DISEASES; MALE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MICROGNATHISM; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TONGUE DISEASES; TRACTION;

EID: 58149474666     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/07-106.1     Document Type: Article

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