title: Management of upper airway obstruction in Pierre Robin sequence.
abstract: Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) presents in the neonatal period with upper airway obstruction and feeding difficulties. Infants with pronounced micrognathia may fail to thrive because of chronic airway obstruction, or experience severe respiratory distress. This is potentially fatal and surgical intervention in these cases is necessary. We present our series of cases with severe PRS requiring surgical relief of their airway obstruction, and the reasons for preferring tracheostomy over glossopexy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Sheffield Children's Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Bath
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Bull
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy