Search results for "Ankyloglossia"
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Sevoflurane Well-Handled in Children Is Excellent, but in the Wrong Hands Can Be Life-Threatening.
2019
In this retrospective study, 137 children aged 1–6 with ankyloglossia received lingual frenulum cut under sevoflurane inhalation and local anesthesia. The authors evaluated among other objectives, ...
Multidisciplinary management of ankyloglossia in childhood. Treatment of 101 cases. A protocol.
2015
Background: Partial ankyloglossia is a limitation which restricts the possibility of protrusion and elevation of the tip of the tongue due to the shortness of either the lingual frenulum or the genioglossus muscles or both. The principal objective of this paper is to present our protocol of action for the treatment of ankyloglossia. The specific objectives are to study patients with ankyloglossia treated by the Service of Maxillofacial Surgery and the Service of Speech Therapy of our pediatric Hospital, describe the diagnostic procedures, the pre-surgical intervention, the surgical technique undertaken and the post-surgical rehabilitation taking into account the level of collaboration of th…