No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 30
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: 4-6 months
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 4-6 months
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Timing: 9-12 months
Record collection protocol
Are records routinely collected at specific ages? Yes
Does this conform to WHO recommendations for different cleft types? Yes
Intercentre Collaboration Interested
Research
Want to particpate in research? yes
Participation in inter-centre studies?
Current Research
| Participation in inter-centre studies: | Yes |
| Details of studies: | Comparison between two different types of operation in case of velopharyngeal incompetence: Levatorplasty (Frankfurt) versus Velopharyngeal Flap (Salzburg) |
| Willing to share Powerpoint presentations: | Yes |
| Randomised clinical trials: | Yes |
| Inter-centre comparison of outcome: | Yes |
| Prospective study: | Yes |
| DNA collection: | Yes |
National cleft lip and palate / craniofacial scientific organisation
Organisation details: Austrian Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association
University Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Salzburg
Muellner Hauptstr, 48, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
President: Peter Schachner, MD,DMD
p.schachner@salk.at; office@lkg-spalten.at
www.lkg-spalten.at