BREASTFEEDING IN INFANTS WITH CONGENITAL CLEFT LIP AND PALATE (REVIEW ARTICLE)

The possibility of breastfeeding a child with congenital cleft lip and palate is an urgent issue that interests specialists involved in the treatment and comprehensive rehabilitation of children with maxillofacial pathology and parents. An analysis of foreign and domestic scientific publications on the organization of breastfeeding of children with congenital cleft lip and palate in our country and in the world was carried out, a search for literary sources was carried out in the PubMed, CyberLeninka, Elibrary databases. The search concept was to use the following terms (MeSH): feeding a baby with congenital cleft lip and palate in the maternity hospital, cleft lip and palate; breastfeeding; typical parental feeding problems; anatomical and functional disorders in children with maxillofacial pathology affecting the sucking and swallowing process. Links to selected articles were manually searched to identify other possible studies for inclusion in the review. The review included 33 studies. Based on the available foreign and domestic literature, the presented systematic review is aimed at studying studies describing aspects of breastfeeding of children with various types of cleft lips/palate, both in the maternity hospital and at home, in order to prepare parents for the often difficult task of feeding children with this pathology.