Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Interventions to Relieve upper Airway Obstruction in Children with Pierre Robin Sequence

BACKGROUND: Newborns with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) often experience chronic intermittent hypoxemia/hypoventilation associated with airway obstruction. The heterogeneity of the severity of upper airway obstruction makes management a challenge; the optimal intervention in individual cases is not cl...

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Main Authors: Karen Kam, Meghan McKay, Joanna MacLean, Manisha B Witmans, Sheldon Spier, Ian Mitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/798076
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