title: [The change of difficulty in intubation as growth in patients with Treacher-Collins syndrome and Pierre-Robin syndrome].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655.
authors.forename: Kanae
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagatomo
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomioka
authors.forename: Nobuhide
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kin
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Mieko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chinzei
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: 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