title: Breast feeding or spoon feeding after cleft lip repair: a prospective, randomised study.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, S.K. Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Darzi
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Chowdri
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Bhat
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015430:Weight Gain