No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 28
- Unilateral (one sided) cleft lip only: 14
- Bilateral (Two sided) cleft lip only: 3
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 4
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 1
- Cleft palate only: 6
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: 2 months
- Type of operation: Tennison
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 2 - 3 months
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Timing: 10 - 12 months
- Type of operation: Veau
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: | Excel; Word |
| Published research papers: | Yes |
| Willing to share Powerpoint presentations: | Yes |
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: Marija Pe?anac
Aleksandar Komar?evi?
Non-clinical and laboratory research
Non-clinical and laboratory team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Dušan Vukovi?
Potential laboratory based research activities
Laboratory based research activities interested in being involved in:
Laboratory genetics/genomics research: Yes