by Christina Echegaray | Thursday, May. 7, 2015, 10:32 AM
Surgically treating “tongue tie” in infants may be associated with improved breast-feeding and reduced nipple pain, as reported by mothers, but much more research is needed on best practices for treating the condition, according to a newly published systematic review.
The Vanderbilt Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC), directed by Melissa McPheeters, Ph.D., MPH, in the Department of Health Policy, is one of 13 centers in the United States and Canada funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to review the evidence on important clinical questions.
The EPC performed a rigorous analysis of existing literature to assess the potential benefits and harms for surgical and non-surgical treatment for tongue tie, known as ankyloglossia, in infants, children and adolescents.
The report will be available to the public at the AHRQ website, and two papers derived from the research are being published in the journal Pediatrics.
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