Reza Jarrahy MD, Assistant Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, discusses micrognathia and the associated respiratory distress that occurs in neonates with Pierre Robin syndrome, which can be alleviated by mandibular distraction thereby avoiding the need for tracheostomy

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