In 1989 at the annual meeting of the Human Milk Banking Association of
North America, Inc., David Riddell, MD, of Vancouver, BC, Canada gave a
presentation on "Use of banked human milk for feeding infants with
abdominal wall defects."  He routinely uses donor milk to start all
enteral feedings for infants with surgical repair of abdmominal wall
defects.  I think this speaks well for the importance of growth factors
in human milk.  It is vital to repairs of this nature that human milk be
used for first feedings to put the least amount of stress on the repair
and to foster growth and regeneration.

See also Rangecroft L, et al.  A comparison of the feeding of the
postoperative newborn with banked breast-milk or cow's-milk feeds.  J
Ped Surg 13:11-12, 1978.

Obviously mom's own milk is best, but in the absence of mom's own....

Lois D. W. Arnold, MPH, IBCLC
Executive Director, The Human Milk Banking Association of North America,
Inc.