title: The nutrition status of mild form Pierre Robin sequence before cleft palate repair: an analysis of 34 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutrition status before cleft palate repair in patients with mild form isolated Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Detailed history and physical examination of 34 patients with mild form isolated PRS were compared with those of the control group with isolated cleft palate (ICP) at the age of 2 and 12 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The height and weight of the 2 groups at 2 months were significantly different, whereas there was no significant difference at 12 months. The height and weight grades for PRS improved from 2 to 12 months. The feeding grades differed significantly at 2 months between the 2 groups, but showed no significant difference at 12 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with mild form isolated PRS had a nutrition status similar to patients with ICP at the age of 12 months. General conditions of mild form isolated PRS pose no problem with cleft palate repair at 12 months.
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
authors: Teng
authors: T
authors: Wan
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: guomin@sh163.net.
authors: Guomin
authors: G
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
authors: Yusheng
authors: Y
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000150:complications*