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HYPOPLASIA OF THE MANDIBLE (MICROGNATHY) WITH CLEFT PALATE

1937; American Medical Association; Volume: 53; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archpedi.1937.04140110127014

2374-2976

A. CYRIL CALLISTER,

Oral and Craniofacial Lesions

A careful search of the literature1failed to reveal a case in which skeletal traction had been used in the treatment and the correction of micrognathy with cleft palate, and because of the successful result in this case, it is perhaps worthy of report. As marked dyspnea, difficulty in swallowing and inability to nurse were all present, I was unable to accomplish anything with the lip-guard nipple apparatus suggested by Dunn and Davis,1enor was I able to keep the mandible forward sufficiently to relieve the symptoms by bringing a brace up behind the mandibles, as suggested by Eley and Farber.1d REPORT OF A CASE Baby C, a girl aged 3 days, was brought about 200 miles (3.2 kilometers), from Idaho, to Dr. Wilkie Blood, a pediatrician of Salt Lake City, for relief of dyspnea and cyanosis. The history consisted of one salient fact, that since the