No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 15
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 1
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 2
- Cleft palate only: 6
- Pierre Robin Sequence: 1
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
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 3 months
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Timing: 12 months
Record collection protocol
Are records routinely collected at specific ages? Yes
Does this conform to WHO recommendations for different cleft types? No
Birth-7-10-15-20 years
Research
Want to particpate in research? yes
Participation in inter-centre studies? yes
Current Research
| Type(s) of software used: | • Swiss National Cleft Registry • Prospective data collection for all centre patients • Role of mitochondria in cleft palate (In association with Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada) Proprietary, Cardiff Teleform, Excel-Access |
| Participation in other collaborations (projects): | Yes |
| Details of projects: | Swiss Cleft Network (Geneva – Bern) |
CLINICAL Research activities you would be happy to become involved in:
Randomised clinical trials? Yes
Inter-centre comparison of outcome? Yes
Prospective cohort studies? Yes
DNA collection? 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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