No. of Cases Seen in a Year

  • Total Referrals: 20
  • Cleft palate only: 20

Treatment Funded by State for National Residents

  • Surgery costs: All
  • Speech and Language Therapy costs: All
  • Orthodontic costs: All

Primary surgical protocol


Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: 3-4 months
  • Type of operation: Modified Millard and if needed primary rhinoplasty (Mc Comb)

Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: 3-4 months
  • Type of operation: Modified Millard and if needed primary rhinoplasty (Mc Comb)

Cleft Palate Repair:

  • Timing: 15-18 months
  • Type of operation: Sommerlad

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? yes

Current Research

Type(s) of software used: Excel, Word,
Participation in inter-centre studies: Yes
Details of studies: Scandcleft
TOPS
Participation in other collaborations (projects): Yes
Details of projects: Swedish national registry

Clinical research activities interested in being involved in:

Randomised clinical trials: Yes
Inter-centre comparison of outcome: Yes
Prospective study: Yes





Clinical research

Clinical team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Agneta Marcusson, orthodontics
Avni Abdiu, plastic surgery