Improvement in problematic feeding symptoms for infants with lip-tie and tongue-tie after frenotomy

NeoEAT
Written By Britt Pados

In this study, we compared symptoms of problematic feeding, as measured by the Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool (NeoEAT), before and 2 weeks after frenotomy in 84 infants with tongue-tie and lip-tie. We found that NeoEAT scores were significantly lower (i.e., improved) after frenotomy.

Authors: Rebecca Hill, Karen Lyons, Susan Kelly-Weeder, & Britt Pados

Publication information: Journal of Neonatal Nursing, doi: 10.1016/j.jnn.2023.07.007

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