No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 60
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 24
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 9
- Cleft palate only: 27
- Pierre Robin Sequence: 5
- With anomalies present: 5
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: 6 months
- Type of operation: Lip and nose repair - Tennison- Mc Comb technique
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 6 months
- Type of operation: lip repair and colummelar lengthening - Manchester technique and open rhinoplasty
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Stages: Two stage
- 1st Stage Timing: 3 months
- 1st Stage Type of operation: Soft palate repair - Widmaier technique
- 2nd Stage Timing: 18 months
- 2nd Stage Type of operation: Hard palate closure (two layers), or complete closure (Von Langebeck technique)
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: | Word, Excel. other |
| Participation in other collaborations (projects): | Yes |
| Details of projects: | Geni Coinvolti nella labiopalatoschisi non sindromica |
| Published research papers: | Yes |
| Details of publications: | Respiratory distress in Pierre Robin sequence: an experience with mandible traction by wires |
| Willing to share Powerpoint presentations: | Yes |
Clinical research activities interested in being involved in:
| Randomised clinical trials: | Yes |
| Inter-centre comparison of outcome: | Yes |
| DNA collection: | Yes |
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