Airway and Feeding in Pierre Robin Sequence: A Comparison of Three Management Strategies

CONCLUSIONS: There were significant differences in weight gain between patients receiving ECLR versus CLR+NAM and TLR at several time points. Our findings suggest that ECLR is not associated with an increased risk of poor weight gain in the initial months and years following surgery. Neither early repair nor neonatal anesthetic exposure was found to negatively impact weight gain or be associated with perioperative complications. With novel anesthetic agents and refined surgical practices, cleft lip repair performed during the neonatal period does not compromise infant growth at a follow up time of 2 years.