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July 23, 2019
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More than half of infants referred to an otolaryngology center for tongue-tie surgery did not need to undergo the procedure after consultation with a speech-language pathologist, according to recent findings.
Tongue-tie, or ankyloglossia, is characterized by the lingual frenulum attaching close to the tip of the tongue. Researchers suggest that between 4% and 11% of all newborns have this condition, which can cause problems breastfeeding. An analysis of the Kids’ Inpatient Database showed that tongue-tie surgeries increased 10-fold in the United States between 1997 and 2012, but inadequate evidence supports that this surgery improves the ease of breastfeeding.
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