Airway Management for Cleft Palate Repair Surgery in an Pediatric Patient with Pierre Robin Syndrome: A Case Report

Reply: Outcomes of Cleft Palate Repair in Patients with Pierre Robin Sequence: A Matched Case-Control Study.

Airway management for intubation in newborns with Pierre Robin sequence.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To review airway management in Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) newborns undergoing general anesthesia and to determine if endotracheal intubation is safe in this population. STUDY DESIGN Case series and retrospective chart review at a tertiary children's hospital. METHODS PRS newborns who underwent endotracheal intubation or other airway intervention before 3 months of age...

Airway management in cleft lip and palate surgery.

Airway management in cleft lip and palate surgery Cleft lip and palate are the most common of the craniofacial anomalies, with an incidence of approximately 1 in 800 live births. Twenty-five percent of cases of cleft lip are bilateral, and 85 % of these are associated with cleft palate. In recent years there has been a move towards earlier surgical repair of both cleft lip and palate, with clef...

A new technique for laryngeal mask airway insertion in a newborn with pierre-robin syndrome: a case report.

Babies with Pierre Robin syndrome have serious life-threatening risks because of acute respiratory distress and difficult airway management. It is difficult to perform endotracheal intubation in these babies for general anesthesia. We present successful insertion of laryngeal mask airway in a neonate with typical clinical features of Pierre-Robin syndrome using a size 1 laryngeal mask airway fo...

Anesthetic management using an i-gelTM supraglottic airway for a pediatric patient with Hunter syndrome-a case report

Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of inherited, metabolic disorders caused by a lack of lysosomal enzymes. Among the various types of MPS, Hunter syndrome (MPS type II) is a rare X-linked disorder in which patients lack the lysosomal enzyme iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS), which leads to the accumulation of glycosaminoglycans (CAGs). This can be a great concern to the anesthesiologist due to ...