No. of Cases Seen in a Year

  • Total Referrals: 45
  • Unilateral (one sided) cleft lip only: 12
  • Bilateral (Two sided) cleft lip only: 4
  • Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 8
  • Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 1
  • Cleft palate only: 15
  • Pierre Robin Sequence: 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: 1-3 months
  • Type of operation: Tennison, Mulliken

Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: 1-3 months
  • Type of operation: Tennison, Mulliken

Cleft Palate Repair:

  • Timing: 9-12 months
  • Type of operation: Kilner-Wardil V-Y 75%, Furlow 25%

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

Published research papers: Yes
Details of publications: Plastic Reconstr Surg 2003; 112(3):935, case report
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





Clinical research

Clinical team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Radoje Simic, MD pediatric plastic surgeon
Aleksandar Vlahovic, MD pediatric plastic surgeon
Djordje Kravljanac, MD pediatric plastic surgeon
Vladan Subarevic, MD, ENT