[The change of difficulty in intubation as growth in patients with Treacher-Collins syndrome and Pierre-Robin syndrome].
BACKGROUND
Previous reports revealed that difficulties in tracheal intubation for patients with Treacher-Collins syndrome (TCS) progresses as growth; however it declines in those with Pierre-Robin syndrome (PRS). We tried to confirm these reports.


METHODS
We retrospectively examined the anesthetic records of intubated patients with TCS and PRS without tracheotomy from January 2002 to August 2006.


RESULTS
We experienced 10 times of intubation in 5 TCS patients and 6 times in 4 with PRS. No obvious change was observed in its difficulty depending on the growth in both syndromes.


CONCLUSIONS
The difficulty of intubation depends on the characteristics of each patient rather than growth.
Nagatomo
Kanae
K
Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655.
Tomioka
Toshiya
T
Kin
Nobuhide
N
Ogawa
Makoto
M
Chinzei
Mieko
M
Yamada
Yoshitsugu
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008342:Mandibulofacial Dysostosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult