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 |