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Pierre Robin Sequence

Pediatric Surgery

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Abstract

Pierre Robin sequence is a rare cause of neonatal airway obstruction considered to be “surgical,” and some of the affected patients truly require surgical procedures to achieve appropriate airway and nutritional management. The clinical presentation, diagnostics, and the subsequent conservative or surgical treatment of Pierre Robin syndrome will be described within the following chapter.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Goethe University Frankfurt, Campus Niederrad Theodor-Stern-Kai, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany

    Udo Rolle

  2. Carolinum, Institute of Dentistry, Frankfurt, Germany

    Aranka Ifert

  3. Department of Oral, Maxillofacial, and Plastic Facial Surgery, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

    Robert Sader

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Rolle, U., Ifert, A., Sader, R. (2016). Pierre Robin Sequence. In: Puri, P. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38482-0_44-1

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