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McGrath JL, Mantilla-Rivas E, Aivaz M, Manrique M, Rana MS, Crowder HR, Oh NS, Rogers GF, Oh AK. Predicting Failure of Conservative Airway Management in Infants with Robin Sequence: The EARN Factors. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2024:10556656231224194. [PMID: 38166451 DOI: 10.1177/10556656231224194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Evaluate infants with Robin Sequence (RS) who were successfully treated with conservative airway measures alone vs. those who failed and eventually underwent surgical airway intervention after a protracted course of conservative management. DESIGN Retrospective review of prospectively gathered database. SETTING Large tertiary care institution. PATIENTS Infants diagnosed with RS (n = 122) who underwent primary airway management at a single institution from 1994-2020. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Patient demographics, nutritional and respiratory status, laboratory values, and polysomnographic results were compared between patients who were discharged after successful conservative airway management (Group 1, n = 61) and patients that underwent surgical airway intervention after failing a prolonged course of conservative management (Group 2, n = 61). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was done to assess continuous variables that may predict failure of conservative airway management. RESULTS 122 infants with RS were investigated. While several variables were significantly different between groups, the following polysomnographic EARN factors, with cut points, were identified as most predictive of failed conservative airway management: ETCO2 (max) > 49 mmHg, AHI > 16.9 events/hour, OAHI REM >25.9 events/hour, OAHI Non-REM > 23.6 events/hour. CONCLUSIONS We identified factors in infants with RS that were associated with severe UAO that failed to improve despite weeks of conservative airway management. Our results may expedite earlier definitive treatment of these critical patients and reduce risks for known complications of prolonged UAO.
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- Jennifer L McGrath
- From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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Speech Outcomes following Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis for Robin Sequence: Midchildhood Results. Plast Reconstr Surg 2023; 151:149-157. [PMID: 36576825 DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000009784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare midchildhood speech outcomes in patients with nonsyndromic Robin sequence with cleft palate (RSCP) treated with mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO) to patients with nonsyndromic Veau class I and Veau class II cleft palate (CP). METHODS The authors performed a retrospective review of patients with nonsyndromic Robin sequence from 2000 to 2017, comparing those who underwent MDO to patients with nonsyndromic CP. Demographics, operative details, length of hospital stay, complications, and Pittsburgh Weighted Speech Scale scores were collected. RESULTS Thirty-three patients met inclusion criteria in the MDO group with 127 patients as controls. Despite similar median age (RSCP, 4.5 years; CP only, 4.6 years) and Veau cleft type at early evaluation, there was a significant increase in composite Pittsburgh Weighted Speech Scale score within the MDO cohort ( P ≤ 0.002); specifically, with worse visible nasal emission ( P ≤ 0.007), hypernasality ( P ≤ 0.001), and compensatory articulation ( P ≤ 0.015). However, these differences were not present at age-matched midchildhood evaluation (median, RSCP, 6.5; CP only, 7.1; P ≥ 0.092). Median age-matched follow-up was 6.4 years in the MDO group and 7.1 years in the control group ( P ≥ 0.136). There was also no difference in the rate of secondary speech surgery at midchildhood evaluation ( P ≥ 0.688). CONCLUSIONS The authors' retrospective comparison of speech outcomes in RSCP versus CP only demonstrates no difference in midchildhood speech, conflicting with recent reports. Although patients with Robin sequence treated with MDO had worse visible nasal emission, hypernasality, and compensatory articulation in early childhood, this appears to have resolved in the interim without additional intervention. Longitudinal follow-up is needed to fully understand the speech ramifications of RSCP. CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Risk, II.
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Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis in Robin Sequence Using Three-Dimensional Analysis and Planning. Plast Reconstr Surg 2022; 149:962e-965e. [PMID: 35286287 DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000009047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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SUMMARY The optimal management of patients with Robin sequence may include neonatal mandibular distraction osteogenesis, which has been used to achieve excellent functional and aesthetic outcomes in appropriate patients. This article and video vignette depict the treatment of micrognathia and airway obstruction secondary to Robin sequence, demonstrating the planning and surgical approach of the senior author (D.M.S.) using mandibular distraction osteogenesis.
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Kosyk MS, Carlson AR, Zapatero ZD, Kalmar CL, Liaquat S, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA, Cielo CM, Swanson JW. Multimodal Treatment of Robin Sequence Utilizing Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2022:10556656221088173. [PMID: 35352571 DOI: 10.1177/10556656221088173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may each have a role in effectively treating tongue-based airway obstruction (TBAO) in Robin sequence (RS). This study describes longitudinal outcomes after treatment of TBAO with CPAP and/or MDO. Retrospective cohort study. Tertiary Pediatric Hospital. A total of 129 patients with RS treated with CPAP and/or MDO from 2009 to 2019 were reviewed. Subjects receiving baseline and at least one follow-up polysomnogram were included. 55 who underwent MDO ± CPAP and 9 who received CPAP-only treatment were included. Patient characteristics, feeding, and polysomnographic data were compared and generalized linear mixed modeling performed. Baseline obstructive apnea-hypopnea index (OAHI) was greater in the MDO-treated group (median x˜ = 33.7 [interquartile range: 26.5-54.5] than the CPAP-treated group (x˜ = 20.3[13.3-36.7], P ≤ .033). There was significant reduction in OAHI following treatment with CPAP and MDO modalities, P ≤ .001. SpO2 nadir after MDO was lower in syndromic (x˜ = 85.0[81.0-87.9] compared to nonsyndromic patients (x˜ = 88.4[86.8-90.5], P ≤ .005.) CPAP was utilized following MDO in 2/24 (8.3%) of nonsyndromic and 16/31 (51.6%) of syndromic subjects (P ≤ .001,) for a median duration of 414 days. Three patients (5%) underwent tracheostomy, all had MDO. Nasogastric tube feeding at hospital discharge was more common following MDO (44, 80%) than CPAP-only (4, 44.4%, P ≤ .036), but did not differ at 6-month follow-up (P ≥ .376). CPAP appears to effectively reduce obstructive apnea in patients with RS and moderate TBAO and be a useful adjunct in syndromic patients following MDO with improved but persistent obstruction.
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- Mychajlo S Kosyk
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 6567The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 6567The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 6567The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 6567The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 6567The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 6567The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 6567The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine, 6567The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 6567The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Floating Bone Phenomenon in Pierre Robin Sequence. J Craniofac Surg 2020; 31:1699-1704. [PMID: 32282671 DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000006405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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After a failed mandibular osteodistraction, the wrong positioned mandible of a few patients with Pierre Robin sequence returned in the most functional position and regained a proper symmetry, without external intervention. The study aims to explain this self-adjustment and introduce the floating bone phenomenon.The inclusion criteria were severe micrognathia, Fast and Early Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis protocol, postoperative mandibular wrong positioning, presurgery, immediate postsurgery, and long-term computed tomography scan. Five patients were included. The considered parameters were the distance between mandibular dental centerline and midsagittal facial axis, the rotation of the mandibular body, the magnitude of elongation, and the lowering of the mandibular body.Three patients went from a decentralization >4 mm in the activation phase to a normalization of the said value in the follow-up. In the same period, the interincisal point of 2 patients moved respectively from 0.5 mm on the left and 0.8 mm on the right to 1.2 mm and 1.6 mm on the right, respectively. The rotation of the mandibular body was meanly 25.6° among all patients. The mean value of the distraction was 14.1 mm. A difference of about 4.4 mm between the left and the right side was measured. The lowering of the mandible varied between 2.8 and 12.6 mm.All patients improved their symmetry. Four of them improved in all the measured parameters, while 1 patient presented a worsening in the decentralization of the interincisal point.The floating bone phenomenon could break new grounds in the management of patients with Pierre Robin sequence.
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Kurian C, Ehsan Z. Sleep and respiratory outcomes in neonates with Pierre Robin sequence: a concise review. Sleep Breath 2019; 24:1-5. [DOI: 10.1007/s11325-019-01876-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ehsan Z, Kurian C, Weaver KN, Pan BS, Huang G, Hossain MM, Simakajornboon N. Longitudinal Sleep Outcomes in Neonates With Pierre Robin Sequence Treated Conservatively. J Clin Sleep Med 2019; 15:477-482. [PMID: 30853035 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.7680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Although Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) is a major cause of neonatal obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), longitudinal studies reporting evolution with age are lacking. This study aimed to describe changes in sleep-related respiratory parameters and sleep architecture in neonates with PRS treated conservatively (defined for this paper as treatment without tracheostomy or mandibular distraction). METHODS A retrospective, 14-year, single-institution study of neonates with PRS who underwent diagnostic polysomnography (PSG) and at least one follow-up PSG. Those treated with surgery were excluded. Data were analyzed using a mixed-effects model with subject-specific random effect. RESULTS In a cohort of 21 infants, baseline PSG (mean age 0.9 ± 0.7 months) showed a total apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of 24.3 ± 3.6 events/h, obstructive apnea-hypopnea index (OAHI) of 13.4 ± 1.6 events/h, central apnea index of 10.2 ± 3.2 events/h, and an arousal index of 28.3 ± 1.3 events/h (variables reported as least square means ± standard error of the mean). There was a significant reduction in AHI, OAHI, arousal index, and percentage of REM sleep with advancing age. Although 71% of infants achieved full oral feeds by one month of age, some infants remained underweight during infancy. CONCLUSIONS These neonates with PRS and OSA, treated conservatively, had an improvement in OAHI with advancing age with the median age of OSA resolution at 15 months. Factors potentially responsible include craniofacial growth and maturational changes of respiratory control. Further studies are necessary to determine the long-term effects of conservative management on growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes in these infants.
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- Zarmina Ehsan
- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's Mercy-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
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- University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) is a congenital condition characterized by the presence of micrognathia, glossoptosis, and cleft palate. PRS has varying effects on airway patency and feeding ability and thus has a broad range of management options. The purpose of this article is to describe the nature of the background of the condition and address the previous and current trends in diagnosis and management of PRS.
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- Louis F Insalaco
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boston Medical Center, 830 Harrison Avenue, First Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Box 850, Boston, MA 02111, USA; Facial Plastic Surgery, Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Box 850, Boston, MA 02111, USA; Cleft Lip and Palate Team, Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Box 850, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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Current Trends in Surgical Airway Management of Neonates with Robin Sequence. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN 2018; 6:e1973. [PMID: 30881787 PMCID: PMC6414126 DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000001973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Background Robin sequence is defined by the clinical triad of micrognathia, glossoptosis, and upper airway obstruction, and is frequently associated with cleft palate and failure to thrive. Though the efficacy of certain surgical interventions to relieve airway obstruction has been well established, algorithms dictating decision making and perioperative protocols are poorly defined. Methods A 22-question survey was sent via e-mail to members of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association and International Society of Craniofacial Surgeons. Questions were related to surgeon experience in treating neonates with Robin sequence, and specific perioperative protocols. Results One hundred fifty-one responses were collected. Most respondents were surgeons practicing in North America(82.8%), in a university hospital setting (81.5%) and had completed a fellowship in pediatric plastic surgery or craniofacial surgery (76.2%). Preoperative protocols varied widely by years in training and location of practice. Although 78.8% of respondents always performed direct laryngoscopy, only 49.7% of respondents routinely obtained preoperative polysomnography. Mandibular distraction osteogenesis was the most common primary surgical airway intervention reported by 74.2%, with only 12.6% primarily utilizing tongue-lip adhesion. Slightly less than half of respondents ever performed tongue-lip adhesion. Operative selection was influenced by surgeon experience, with 80% of those in practice 0-5 years primarily utilizing mandibular distraction, compared with 56% of respondents in practice >15 years. Conclusions This study documents wide variations in preoperative, operative, and postoperative protocols for the surgical airway management of neonates with severe Robin sequence. These results underscore the need to acquire more objective data, to compare different protocols and outcome measures.
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