No. of Cases Seen in a Year

  • Total Referrals: 110
  • Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 43
  • Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 17
  • Cleft palate only: 44
  • Pierre Robin Sequence: 14

Treatment Funded by State for National Residents

  • Surgery costs: None
  • Speech and Language Therapy costs: None
  • Orthodontic costs: All

Primary surgical protocol


Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: 6 months
  • Type of operation: One stage lip and palate

Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: 6 months
  • Type of operation: One stage lip and palate

Cleft Palate Repair:

  • Timing: 6 months
  • Type of operation: One stage lip and palate

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

Published research papers: Yes
Details of publications: Zofia Dudkiewicz, Włodzimierz Piwowar, Zbigniew Surowiec, Piotr Fudalej, Barbara Obłoj, Dorota Cudziłło, Maria Hortis- Dzierzbicka, Elżbieta Radkowska, Joanna Stankiewicz, Grażyna Nowicka, „ 30-years experience in one stage treatment of unilateral cleft lip and plate – multidisciplinaty assessment of late results – new strategy of treatment”
(“30 lat doświadczenia w leczeniu jednoetapowych całkowitych jednostronnych rozszczepów wargi i podniebienia – wielospecjalistyczna ocean wyników odległych- nowa strategia leczenia”).2011, T.1 8-18,
Research grant funding received: Yes
Details of funding: Zofia Dudkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine , Włodzimierz B. Piwowar, M.D., Ph.D. Zbigniew Surowiec, M.D. Dorota Cudziłło Ph.D. orthodontist, Barbara Obłoj Ph.D. orthodontist.
One stage Surgery of Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate – AN Effective Strategy of Treatment.
Running title:Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate – One Stage Surgery.