Treatment modalities of infants with upper airway obstruction - Review of the literature and presentation of novel orthopedic appliances

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-55

  Kochel, Janka ^a   Meyer Marcotty, Philipp ^a   Wirbelauer, Johannes ^a   Böhm, Hartmut ^b   Kochel, Michael ^a   Thomas, Wolfgang ^a   Bareis, Ute ^b   Hebestreit, Helge ^a   Speer, Christian ^a   Stellzig Eisenhauer, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Glossoptosis; Obstructive apnea; Orthopedics; Pierre Robin sequence; Plate; Syndrome; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNGOSCOPY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHARGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551561872     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/08-273     Document Type: Review

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