Is Tongue-Tie Surgery Right for Your Baby? Expert Advice for Parents | AAP

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The rates of tongue-tie release surgery, technically called a frenotomy, have really jumped in recent years as parents look for answers to breastfeeding problems like nipple pain and trouble latching. What should parents think about before having a tongue-tie procedure done on their infant? When should you talk to a lactation consultant or go to your doctor?

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a new clinical report on tongue-tie. Lead author and pediatrician Dr. Jenny Thomas talks about some of the main points.

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Millions of infants with tongue tie successfully breast fed. 1 or 2 years from now the AAP will publish the failure rates of breast feeding after this surgical procedure and certain complications like laceration of sublingulal vien and sub lingual salivary gland. More importantly occurrence of re adhesions at the site of surgery especially when the condition was not related to a visible membrane that the surgeon cut.
I expect that this change of recommendations from absolutely not recommended procedure to may be of benefit will change back to original statement: surgery is not indicated.

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