Pediatric Tongue Base Suspension With Fluoroscopic Guidance

Taher Valika^{1

2}, Matthew Maksimoski², Sarah Maurrasse^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Taher Valika et al. Laryngoscope. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;131(9):2112-2114.

doi: 10.1002/lary.29446. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Taher Valika^{1

2}, Matthew Maksimoski², Sarah Maurrasse^{1

2

3}

¹ Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.

No abstract available

Keywords: Pediatrics; glossoptosis; obstructive sleep apnea; tongue base suspension.

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