Holly Cordray, Nikhila Raol, Geethanjeli N Mahendran, Ching Siong Tey, John Nemeth, Alastair Sutcliffe, Jenny Ingram, William G Sharp
BACKGROUND: Symptoms related to infant ankyloglossia/tongue-tie may deter mothers from breastfeeding, yet frenotomy is controversial. METHODS: Databases included PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Google Scholar from 1961-2023. Controlled trials and cohort studies with validated measures of surgical efficacy for breastfeeding outcomes were eligible. Meta-analyses synthesized data with inverse-variance weighting to determine standardized mean differences (SMD) between pre-/postoperative scores...
August 22, 2023: Pediatric Research