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I have a little experience with this one. Not much. If there is no
cleft palate, then the chances are not bad, but the other real
difficulty in this syndrome is a posteriorly placed tongue. I believe
this is the *real* impediment to breastfeeding and if combined with a
cleft palate makes breastfeeding impossible, at least in my limited
experience. However, if the baby can get his tongue fairly far
forward, and has no cleft palate, he can breastfeed (2 cases). But I
guess if you eliminate cleft palate and posteriorly placed tongue, you
have only small mandible, and then is it really Pierre Robin Syndrome?
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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