NCT00970255

Frenotomy of the Labial Frenulum in Infants With Breastfeeding Difficulties

Effect of Labial Frenulum Clipping on Nipple Pain and Latch Problems in Breastfeeding Infants

• Status: Suspended
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Upper lingual frenulum have been implicated as a cause for pain during breastfeeding and latch problems. The investigators hypothesize that performing frenotomy of the frenulum may improve breastfeeding. The investigators will include breastfeeding infants with pain or latch problems in whom the lingual frenulum had been treated but breastfeeding problems were not resolved. The investigators plan to study the effect of frenotomy of the upper lingual frenulum on maternal pain (using pain score by visual analog scale) and/or latch score.

Conditions

• Breastfeeding

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Lingual Frenulum frenotomy	Clipping the lingual frenulum with scissors
PROCEDURE	Sham frenotomy	Sham Clipping the lingual frenulum with scissors

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-10-01
• First posted: 2009-09-02
• Last updated: 2012-08-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel