No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 50
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 months
- Type of operation: cheiloplasty
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 3 months
- Type of operation: cheiloplasty
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Timing: 9 months
- Type of operation: palatoplasty
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
| Type(s) of software used: | German Cleft Registry |
| Participation in inter-centre studies: | Yes |
| Details of studies: | Baltic Cleft Network |
| Published research papers: | Yes |
| Details of publications: | Al-Nawas, Wriedt, Keilmann, Wehrbein, Wagner. Die zeitgerechte Versorgung von Lippen-Kiefer-Gaumenspalten. PädiatPraxis. 2007;69:685-95.
Wriedt, Buhl, Al-Nawas, Wehrbein. Combined treatment of open bite – long-term evaluation and relapse factors. J Orofac Orthop. 2009;70:318-26. Al-Nawas, Wriedt, Reinhard, Keilmann, Wehrbein, Wagner. Influence of patient age and experience of the surgeon on early complications after surgical closure of the cleft palate e A retrospective cohort study. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2012;in print. Wriedt, Jaklin, Al-Nawas, Wehrbein. Impacted upper canines: examination and treatment proposal based on 3D versus 2D diagnosis. J Orofac Orthop. 2012;73:28-40. |
Clinical research activities interested in being involved in:
| Randomised clinical trials: | Yes |
| Inter-centre comparison of outcome: | Yes |
| Prospective study: | Yes |
| DNA collection: | Yes |
Clinical research
Clinical team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Prof. Al-Nawas, Prof. Wagner; Maxillofacial Surgeons; German Cleft Network
Dr. Wriedt; Orthodontis; German Cleft Network
Prof. Keilmann; ENT Pediatric Audiology; German Cleft Network
Potential laboratory based research activities
Laboratory based research activities interested in being involved in:
Laboratory genetics/genomics research: Yes
Animal models research: Yes