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Breast feeding or spoon feeding after cleft lip repair: a prospective, randomised study
M A Darzi1, N A Chowdri, A N Bhat
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, S.K. Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|January 1, 1996
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.