title: Ankyloglossia in Infancy: An Indian Experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the prevalence, clinical presentation and management of infants with ankyloglossia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective file review of infants less than 6 months of age with a diagnosis of ankyloglossia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 25786 babies born during the assessment period (2007-2015), 134 (0.52%) had ankyloglossia. Sixty-four (47.7%) infants who presented with breastfeeding difficulties were diagnosed significantly earlier than the asymptomatic group (P<0.05). Of the symptomatic group, 85.9% underwent frenotomy with satisfactory results. Seventy asymptomatic infants were managed conservatively with counselling.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Frenotomy seems to be a safe and effective procedure in infants with symptomatic ankyloglossia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Cloudnine Hospital, Bengaluru, India. Correspondence to: Prof R Kishore Kumar, Chairman and Consultant Neonatologist and Pediatrician, Cloudnine Hospital, 1533, 9th Main, 3rd Block, Jayanagar, Bengaluru 560 011, India. drkishore@cloudninecare.com.
authors.forename: R Kishore
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Nayana Prabha
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Nandini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagar
mesh_terms: D000072676:Ankyloglossia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies