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. 2009 Feb;58(2):165-9.

[The change of difficulty in intubation as growth in patients with Treacher-Collins syndrome and Pierre-Robin syndrome]

[Article in Japanese]
Kanae Nagatomo  1 , Toshiya Tomioka, Nobuhide Kin, Makoto Ogawa, Mieko Chinzei, Yoshitsugu Yamada
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  • PMID: 19227168

[The change of difficulty in intubation as growth in patients with Treacher-Collins syndrome and Pierre-Robin syndrome]

[Article in Japanese]
Kanae Nagatomo et al. Masui. 2009 Feb.

Abstract

Background: Previous reports revealed that difficulties in tracheal intubation for patients with Treacher-Collins syndrome (TCS) progresses as growth; however it declines in those with Pierre-Robin syndrome (PRS). We tried to confirm these reports.

Methods: We retrospectively examined the anesthetic records of intubated patients with TCS and PRS without tracheotomy from January 2002 to August 2006.

Results: We experienced 10 times of intubation in 5 TCS patients and 6 times in 4 with PRS. No obvious change was observed in its difficulty depending on the growth in both syndromes.

Conclusions: The difficulty of intubation depends on the characteristics of each patient rather than growth.

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