No. of Cases Seen in a Year

  • Total Referrals: 60
  • Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 20
  • Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 15
  • Cleft palate only: 25
  • Pierre Robin Sequence: 10
  • With anomalies present: 10

Treatment Funded by State for National Residents

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

Primary surgical protocol


Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: Neonatal
  • Type of operation: Modified Millard

Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: Neonatal
  • Type of operation: Modified Millard

Cleft Palate Repair:

  • Timing: 6 to 9 month
  • Type of operation: Two mucoperiosteal flaps + IVV

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? no

Participation in inter-centre studies?