No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 50
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 10
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 5
- Cleft palate only: 15
- Pierre Robin Sequence: 5
- With anomalies present: 3
Treatment Funded by State for National Residents
- Surgery costs: All
- Speech and Language Therapy costs: Part
- Orthodontic costs: Part
Primary surgical protocol
Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 6 Weeks
- Type of operation: Lip Adhesion - 6 weeks, Cheilorhinoplasty - 4-5 months
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Stages: Two stage
- 1st Stage Timing: 6 weeks
- 1st Stage Type of operation: Bilateral lip adhesion
- 2nd Stage Timing: 4-5 months
- 2nd Stage Type of operation: Bilateral Cheilorhinoplasty
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Stages: Two stage
- 1st Stage Timing: 4-5 months
- 1st Stage Type of operation: Veloplsaty (Soft Palate)
- 2nd Stage Timing: 12 months
- 2nd Stage Type of operation: Urranoplasty (Hard palate), if isolated cleft palate then veloplasty and urranoplasty at 8 months
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?
Clinical research activities interested in being involved in:
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: Dr. Bettege. Maxillo Facial Surgeon
Dr. Morand. Maxillo Facial Surgeon
Dr Valentin Lesne. Orthodontiste
Pr. Pierre Simon Jouk. Geneticist