No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 70
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 12
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 5
- Cleft palate only: 50
- Pierre Robin Sequence: 15
- With anomalies present: 25
Treatment Funded by State for National Residents
- Surgery costs: All
- Speech and Language Therapy costs: Part
- Orthodontic costs: None
Primary surgical protocol
Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 6 months
- Type of operation: one stage lip and palate reconstruction with periosteal graft from tibia
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Stages: One stage
- Timing: 6 months
- Type of operation: one stage lip and palate reconstruction with periosteal graft from tibia
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Timing: 6 months
- Type of operation: Veloplasty, Von Langenbeck, Veau Wardill
Record collection protocol
Are records routinely collected at specific ages? Yes
Does this conform to WHO recommendations for different cleft types? Yes
Research
Want to particpate in research? yes
Participation in inter-centre studies?
Current Research
| Type(s) of software used: | Excel, Access, Word and others |
| Willing to share Powerpoint presentations: | Yes |
Clinical research activities interested in being involved in:
| Randomised clinical trials: | Yes |
| Inter-centre comparison of outcome: | Yes |
| Prospective study: | Yes |
| DNA collection: | Yes |
Clinical research
Clinical team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Federica Maggiulli (plastic surgeon)
Potential laboratory based research activities
Laboratory based research activities interested in being involved in:
Laboratory genetics/genomics research: Yes
Animal models research: Yes