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Table 1 Participant Demographics

From: Effect of frenotomy on breastfeeding variables in infants with ankyloglossia (tongue-tie): a prospective before and after cohort study

Variable

Results

Frenotomy practitioners

 Paediatrician/Paediatric Surgeon

2

 General Practitioner

3

 Specialist Oral/ENT Surgeon

1

Frenotomy procedure

Varied

 Analgesia

No analgesia or 5% lignocaine oral gel, topical local anaesthetic gel (in infants >3 months), 24% sucrose solution in younger babies, or oral sucrose at >8 weeks prior to the procedure; paracetamol and ibuprofen as required afterwards

 Scissors used

Metzenbaum scissors, strabismus scissors or single-use Iris scissors

First baby (n, %)

 Yes

37 (38%)

 No

61 (62%)

Family history of tongue-tie (n, %)

 Yes

40 (41%)

 No

58 (59%)

Age of infants at time of frenotomy

 Mean (SD)

7 weeks, 3 days (6 weeks, 2 days)

 Range

1 week, 0 days to 25 weeks, 5 days

Age of infants at time of follow-up

 Mean (SD)

11 weeks, 6 days (6 weeks, 1 days)

 Range

4 weeks, 0 days to 32 weeks, 6 days