Breast Feeding or Spoon Feeding After Cleft Lip Repair: a Prospective, Randomised Study

Overview

Journal Br J Plast Surg

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Surgery

Date 1996 Jan 1

PMID 8705098

Citations 5

Authors

M A Darzi

N A Chowdri

A N Bhat

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Abstract

It has been a tradition for plastic surgeons to withhold breast feeding from babies after cleft lip repair to prevent wound disruption. A prospective, randomised trial of 40 infants showed that early postoperative breast feeding after cleft lip repair is safe, results in more weight gain at 6 weeks after surgery (P < 0.01) and is more economical than spoon feeding.

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