No. of Cases Seen in a Year

  • Total Referrals: 365
  • Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 120
  • Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 140
  • Cleft palate only: 200
  • Pierre Robin Sequence: 50

Treatment Funded by State for National Residents

  • Surgery costs: Part
  • Speech and Language Therapy costs: Part
  • Orthodontic costs: Part

Primary surgical protocol


Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: 1-4 months

Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:

  • Timing: 1-4 months

Cleft Palate Repair:

  • Stages: Two stage
  • 1st Stage Timing: 6-8 months
  • 1st Stage Type of operation: Veloplasty
  • 2nd Stage Timing: 12-14 months
  • 2nd Stage Type of operation: Uranoplasty

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

Type(s) of software used: Word, Excel
Published research papers: Yes
Details of publications: 1. The surgical correction of cleft palate in children of up to 1 year old. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. – 1998. – Vol. 36. – N 3. – P. 220.
2. Velopharyngeal function for speech after the Frolova primary palatoplasty. Williams W. N., Bzoch K. R., Dixon-Wood V., Seagle M. B., Nackashi J. A., Marks R. G., Frolova L. E., Serova Y., Gonchakov G. V., Scheslavsky S. , Schemelkova T., Zagirova A. Cleft Palate – Craniofacial J. – 1998. – Vol. 35. – N 6. – P. 481-488.
3. Otologic and audiologic status of Russian children with cleft lip and palate. Seagle M. B., Nackashi J. A., Kemker F. J., Marks R. G., Williams W. N., Frolova L. E., Gonchakov G. V., Scheslavsky S. Cleft Palate- Cranuofacial J. – 1998. – Vol. 35. – N 6. – P. 495- 499.
4. Using the drug «Wobenzym» in bone grafting of congenital alveolar clefts in children. Prityko A., Gonchakov G., Lopatin A. J. Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. – 1998. – Vol. 26. – Suppl. 1. – P. 106.
5.The palatal ulcers in cleft lip and palate infants. Gonchakov G. V., Gonchakova S. G. British J. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. – 2000. – Vol. 38. – N. 4. – P. 381.
6. Bone grafting alveolar clefts using calvarial split thickness autografts in bilateral complete cleft lip and palate patients. Prityko A. G., Belchenko V. A., Gonchakov G, V., Gonchakova S, G., Kaurova L. A. J. CranioMaxillofacial Surgery. – 2000. – Vol. 28. – Supplement 3. – P. 20.
7. Speech outcome of cleft palate children treated up to 1 year of age. Gonchakov G. V. J. CranioMaxillofacial Surgery. – 2000. – Vol. 28. – Supplement 3. – P. 111.
8. Cleft palate surgery treatment up to 1 year. Gonchakov G. V. J. CranioMaxillofacial Surgery. – 2000. – Vol. 28. – Supplement 1. – P. 29.
9. Alveolar bone grafting using cancellous iliac and calvarial split thickness bone grafts. Belchenko V. A., Gonchakov G. V., Prityko A. G., Gonchakova S. G. J. CranioMaxillofacial Surgery. – 2000. – Vol. 28. – Supplement 1. – P. 5-6.We have also a lot of publication in Russia medical Journals.
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: Gonchakov Gennady - maxillofacial surgeon - all research activity
Gonchakova Svetlana - maxillofacial surgeon - all research activity
Gonchakov Dmitry - maxillofacial surgeon - all research activity
Borzova Anna - maxillofacial surgeon - all research activity
Merkulova July - maxillofacial surgeon - all research activity
Pechnikova July - pediatrician - all research activity
Dikman Ksenia - speech-pathologist - all research activity
Kagramanova Marika -orthodontist - all research activity
Kachkaeva Elena - ENT -all research activity
Mesheriakova Tatiana - genetic -all research activity

Non-clinical and laboratory research

Non-clinical and laboratory team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Abramov A. - genetics
Markova S. genetics
Zarubina B - genetics
Poliakova N - genetics

Potential laboratory based research activities

Laboratory based research activities interested in being involved in:
Laboratory genetics/genomics research: Yes