Long-term outcomes of surgical tongue reduction in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Surgical tongue reduction is often performed in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome when macroglossia results in abnormal tongue function or cosmesis; however, no published studies have examined the long-term outcomes of this procedure. METHODS: Patients older than 18 years with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome who had previously undergone surgical tongue reduction at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne underwent assessment of speech and tongue function, mobility, sensation, and cosmesis. These assessments were performed by questionnaire on 11 subjects and by formal medical and speech pathology review in four of these 11 subjects. RESULTS: Eleven patients aged 19 to 31 years completed ..