Immediate nipple pain relief after frenotomy in breast-fed infants with ankyloglossia: a randomized, prospective study

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1598-1600

  Dollberg, Shaul ^a,c   Botzer, Eyal ^b   Grunis, Esther ^a   Mimouni, Francis B ^a,c  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast feeding difficulties; Nipple pain; Tongue tie

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOGLOSSIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRENOTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; MASTALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINGUAL FRENUM; MOUTH ABNORMALITIES; NIPPLES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 33748066286     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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