No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 28
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 5
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 2
- Cleft palate only: 20
- Pierre Robin Sequence: 5
Treatment Funded by State for National Residents
- Surgery costs: All
- Speech and Language Therapy costs: All
- Orthodontic costs: All
Comment on the service provision:
Excellent
Primary surgical protocol
Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 3 months
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 3 months
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Timing: 4-6 months
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? yes
Current Research
| Type(s) of software used: | Excel, Word |
| Published research papers: | Yes |
| Research grant funding received: | Yes |
| Details of funding: | Swiss National Foundation (psych studies) |
| Willing to share Powerpoint presentations: | Yes |
Clinical research activities interested in being involved in:
| 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: Judith Hohlfeld (+Josée Despars:mother-child relations and developpement)(+ P.Pasche + C.Zbinden:autologous fat injection in VPI)