title: [Treatment of airway obstruction with mandibular distraction osteogenesis in Pierre Robin syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the feasibility of mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO) in the treatment of airway obstruction in Pierre Robin syndrome (PRS).
  
  
  METHODS
  From 2007 to 2009, 8 newborns with PRS were treated with MDO. The mandibular distractors were fixed after bilateral oblique mandibular osteotomy. The distraction was started one day after operation, three times a day. The distraction distance was 1.2 mm per day until it reached about 12 -20 mm (mean 15 mm).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The distraction was successfully completed in 8 cases with no complication. The distraction distance reached 15 mm, as we expected. The discontinuity cyanosis, inspiratory dyspnea, dystithia were improved after distraction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MDO is feasible and safe for the treatment of airway obstruction in PRS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Burn & Plastic Surgery, Nanjing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: Wei-min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Jian-bing
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ji-jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Shun-rong
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hai-ni
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*