07/30/2021
I am so lucky to have been able to observe my friend, Dr. Bobby Ghaheri MD for a morning during the time he was collecting data for this study. This is so, so important to our work. And to have this particular journal publishing the study is an incredible accomplishment.
Great news
Well, it took about 2 years to accomplish it, but I'm happy to announce that our paper entitled: "Objective improvement after frenotomy for posterior tongue-tie: a prospective randomized trial" was accepted in the biggest ENT journal - Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. With this paper, we were able to demonstrate in a randomized, controlled fashion that:
1) Frenotomy for posterior tongue tie results in objective changes in tongue metrics as measured by a Bluetooth-enabled bottle feeding system
2) The procedure results in improvements in infant reflux, maternal breastfeeding self-confidence and maternal ni**le pain using validated questionnaires
This paper would not have been possible without the financial contributions of those who supported the project initially. I sincerely thank those of you for contributing - this paper will have wide implications. It's the first paper to show that posterior tongue tie affects bottle feeding AND that it affects breastfeeding quality. The paper is strong in that it combines objective measures, validated subjective methods and does so in a randomized, controlled fashion. Once I can share the abstract, I'll post that here.
