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DEL BUSTO GARCIA CHINEA, Marisel et al. Rutledge’s lip-glossopexy in a patient with Robin sequence. Case report. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2016, vol.38, n.5, pp. 711-718. ISSN 1684-1824.

The  Robin sequence, previously known as Pierre Robin syndrome, is  charaterized by the presence of micrognathia or retrognathia, glossoptosis with or without cleft palate. The newborns with this  syndrome may present airway obstruction, feeding difficulties, growth  retardation and chronic hypoxemia. Half of these patients have  associated malformations. The incidence  is almost 1: 8 500. The  current options for the treatment of the airway obstruction in these patients range from prone position, nasofaringeal intubation,  glossopexy with lip adhesion, mandibular distraction up to tracheostomy. We presented  a variant of emergency surgical treatment carried out in a newborn having a Robin sequence with respiratory difficulty. A Routledge´s lip-glossopexy was made. The patient had a favorable post-surgery evolution in his ventilation and feeding.

Palabras clave : Robin sequence; Routledge´s lip-glossopexy; airway obstruction in newborns; cleft palate.

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