Unique method of treatment of the Robin sequence

Zofia Dudkiewicz¹, Maria Hortis-Dzierzbicka¹, Ewa Sekula², Wlodzimierz Piwowar¹

Summary
The authors present a unique protocol for the management of newborns and infants with Robin sequence, which has been employed at the National Institute for Mother and Child since the nineties. The target is to manage these children throughout early infancy and execute a one-stage palatoplasty and subperiostal release of the floor of the mouth (SRFM) when the patients are 3-4 months old. This allows for elimination of factors that result in respiratory insufficiency and feeding problems in these children. This therapeutic method is completely different from the commonly employed methods used in Robin sequence as an element of early combined surgical treatment.

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