So we have different kind of phrenectomies. We have what’s called a lingual phrenectomy, which is basically for the tongue type, but we also have a lip ties as well. So over the years I’ve had most of my patients ranging from age a week to teenage years because I have a network of pediatricians who are seeing patients who are not latching on at birth to be breastfed or even, you know, getting tired on the bottle.
And so I get them to come in for a consult and most times they do need a phrenectomy. They’re really severe tongue type and so that really helps with patients and the mother. I have patients who come in and I do the phrenectomy and I leave the room for the mother to breastfeed and she isn’t terse because she’s so happy because right away the patient is able to latch on.
So that’s awesome. We want to make sure it’s a safe procedure. So I do minimal, there’s no medical history for a baby, of course, a week old.
We don’t know if they’re allergic to anything and we don’t know what their blood count is. So it’s gonna be really minimal to minimize bleeding. So they’re either using a laser to make sure that’s safe.
It’s fast. It’s normal, not much bleeding happening there. Even if we’re not using the laser and using all those kind of surgical techniques, we want to make sure it’s in and out very quickly to make sure it’s safe and comfortable for the patient.
