No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 38
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 10
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 6
- Cleft palate only: 22
Treatment Funded by State for National Residents
- Surgery costs: All
- Speech and Language Therapy costs: All
- Orthodontic costs: Part
Primary surgical protocol
Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 3 months
- Type of operation: Millard & Le Messeier
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 3 months
- Type of operation: Barsky
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Timing: 24 months
- Type of operation: Veau Wardil Kilner. If isolated cleft palate surgery anytime after 18 months
Record collection protocol
Are records routinely collected at specific ages? Yes
Does this conform to WHO recommendations for different cleft types? No
At birth, at operation and through the family doctor
Research
Want to particpate in research? yes
Participation in inter-centre studies?
Current Research
| Type(s) of software used: | Word, Excell |
| 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 |
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