A surgical procedure (frenotomy) to correct tongue-tie in newborns is presented to many new parents as the solution to breastfeeding problems, but is it? The long awaited results of a trial of tongue-tie surgery, the FROSTIEE trial, were quietly published last year with little fanfare. We discuss the findings here. But first, let’s recap.
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