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Giving a talk in a moment on breathing in cleft lip and palate. The references to the talk, and some further reading are here. Going to be a thread of links.
First up is a nice review of the airway and breathing. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751722219302379?via%3Dihub
A more general review on cleft lip and palate, which I found highly readable, is by Abbott and colleagues https://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/35/5/177
A useful review specifically on Robin Sequence is by Evans and colleagues. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/5/936
Reflux in cleft lip and palate is a concern. And reflux in paediatrics can be difficult, for many reasons. Premaratne's work here is helpful: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32149845/
Of course, we treat breathing difficulties in cleft lip and palate for many reasons, but development is central to paediatrics. Here's a paper on why it's important. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24790270/
Viewed simplistically, the breathing issues are related to the size of the mandible, tongue, and airway. But how quickly do these grow in infancy, I hear you ask? Well, here's Figueroa to the rescue, helping us out with some data. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1742314/
That's I think the key references and further reading for my brief talk. There's a tonne of other work out there...
(so apologies to everyone who works in the field)
(so apologies to everyone who works in the field)
