Darzi 1996.

Methods	Single‐centre RCT. 6 week intervention, 7 to 13 month follow‐up. Conducted in India.
Participants	40 babies with cleft lip alone. Those with associated clefts of the palate and those greater than 6 months of age excluded. Age: Gp1 = 4.35 months, Gp2 = 4.5 months. Gender (m/f): not stated. Complete cleft lip: Gp1 = 13, Gp2 = 12. Incomplete cleft lip: Gp1 = 7, Gp2 = 8.
Interventions	Gp1. Breastfeeding (postsurgical) (n = 20). Gp2. Spoon‐feeding (postsurgical) (n = 20). All CL were repaired when child was 3 to 6 months old.
Outcomes	Weight (kg) recorded at 3 and 6 weeks post‐surgery. Adverse events and cost data also reported.
Notes	Funding not stated.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation?	Low risk	Infants were allocated by asking mothers to pick a numbered slip of paper from a well shuffled box containing 40 numbered slips of paper, 20 for breast feeding and 20 for spoon feeding.
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	Not reported.
Blinding? All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not reported.
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes	Low risk	No drop outs in study.
Free of selective reporting?	High risk	No length measurement provided. No head circumference measurement provided.
Free of other bias?	Low risk	Suitable follow‐up at 6‐weeks post‐surgery. Comparable baseline data.