No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 100
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 35
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 15
- Cleft palate only: 20
Treatment Funded by State for National Residents
- Surgery costs: All
- Speech and Language Therapy costs: None
- Orthodontic costs: Part
Comment on the service provision:
We generaly make cleft palate surgery and bilateral cleft lip surgery.
The patients with unilateral cleft lip are generally treated in state hospitals (not university hospital) in our city.
Record collection protocol
Are records routinely collected at specific ages? Yes
Does this conform to WHO recommendations for different cleft types? No
Cleft Lip and Palate or Cleft Palate only
Photographs in every Year (if avaliable)
Tympanometry and Audiometry - 3rd year (if the Pateint has Cleft palate)
Sitatic nasopharyngeal MR - Before surgery and at the 6th, 12nd and 24th months after the surgery (if patient has cleft palate is younger than 4 years old)
Dynamic nasopharyngeal MR - Before surgery and at the 6th, 12nd and 24th months after the surgery (if patient has cleft palate and is older than 4 years old)
Research
Want to particpate in research? yes
Participation in inter-centre studies? no
Current Research
Type(s) of software used: | Word, Excel |
Published research papers: | Yes |
Details of publications: | Original Articles—-
Isik D, Durucu C, Isik Y, Atik B, Kocak OF, Karatas E, Bekerecioglu M. Isik D, Atik B, Tan O, Aktar S, Dogan M, Goktas U.Primary repair of the alveolar cleft. J Craniofac Surg. 2011 Nov;22(6):2224-6. Case Reports—– Isik D, Guner S, Avcu S, Goktas U, Atik B. A case report of a patient with cleft palate carrying the risk of tetraplegia. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2011 Nov;48(6):773-5. Isik D, Bulut O, Bekerecioglu M. Congenital lateral cleft palate and lateral palatal synechiae. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2008;42(6):325-7. |
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: Daghan Isik, MD.