Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Plastic Surgery, General Hospital, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Br J Plast Surg, 1994 Mar;47(2):139-41.
PMID: 8149059

Abstract

Two cases of hypoglossia congenita with anterior maxillo-mandibular fusion are reported. One is a case of hypoglossia with anterior maxillo-mandibular fusion and the other is a case of hypoglossia-hypodactylia with anterior maxillo-mandibular fusion. This condition presents the anaesthetist with the problem of airway management during the surgery. A simple technique using a nasopharyngeal tube was used for these two cases, with satisfactory results.

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