hi,
my 8 month old grandson had his posterior type 3-4 tongue tie clipped in the
doctors office by dr betty corylos. the most difficult part was restraining
an 8 month old.
we all knew there was something going on with his tongue, but after seeing
an md/lactation consultant and 2 other lc...it wasn't until linda smith &
betty coryllos saw photos of his mouth, that his tongue tie was picked up.
it was a quick cut, dad held a gauze there for 5 minutes to be sure the
minimal bleeding stopped and they went home. it took mom/dad about 4 months of
working with him to get him to finally stick out his tongue. now at 22
months....he sticks his tongue out a lot.
when my daughter had her second baby, 5 months ago, we all knew right away
that he had the same thing. within 4 days, betty clipped his tongue. the
nursing is so much easier, less painful for my daughter and still going well.
neither one had or needed any kind of anesthesia.
a friend just had her 4 month old son's posterior tongue tie clipped by
laser. done by oral surgeon/dentist who works with betty coryllos. done in his
office, nursing has improved drastically..
i am not sure why you think a swallow study is indicated....have you
contacted betty coryllos or catherine genna about this? might be worth a trip to
long island....where are you located? feel free to email me directly if you
have any questions.
roni chastain
Roni M. Chastain, RN, LCCE, FACCE
_www.nursingbabies.com_ (http://www.nursingbabies.com/)
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Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:55:16 -0400
From: Sarah Reece-Stremtan <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: clipping posterior tongue-tie
Am investigating this myself for my nearly 7-month-old. The peds ENT we =
saw
does not want to clip what Catherine called a type 3 in my son -- she is
willing to do it for us but also said that he would need general anesthes=
ia.
She felt that what she would need to do to get a sufficient release woul=
d
require it, and as an anesthesiologist myself, I guess I can understand
that. If it were a straightforward, thin frenulum, she would of course c=
lip
it in the office, but she does not know of anyone in our metropolitan are=
a
who would do something like this without general anesthesia.=20=20
We're getting a swallow study first to see if there is radiographic evide=
nce
of dysphagia and aspiration, and depending on the results, will consider
clipping then. Though the thought of general anesthesia and a possible
overnight hospital stay afterwards makes me *very* hesitant regardless.
So yes, I too wonder how this can be done under local anesthesia!
-Sarah Reece-Stremtan M.D.
(http://www.customphotonotes.com/)
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