No. of Cases Seen in a Year

  • Total Referrals: 95
  • Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 17
  • Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 8
  • Cleft palate only: 48

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: 8-9 months

Record collection protocol


Are records routinely collected at specific ages? Yes

Does this conform to WHO recommendations for different cleft types? Yes

Intercentre Collaboration Interested


Research

Want to particpate in research? yes

Participation in inter-centre studies?

Current Research

Type(s) of software used: Excel, Word
Participation in inter-centre studies: Yes
Participation in other collaborations (projects): Yes
Published research papers: Yes
Willing to share Powerpoint presentations: Yes

CLINICAL Research activities you would be happy to become involved in:

Randomised clinical trials?

Inter-centre comparison of outcome?

Prospective cohort studies?

DNA collection?

LABORATORY based research you would be happy to be involved in:

Laboratory genetics/genomics research

Animal models research

Clinical research activities interested in being involved in:

Randomised clinical trials: Yes
Inter-centre comparison of outcome: Yes
Prospective study: Yes
DNA collection: Yes





Potential laboratory based research activities

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

National cleft lip and palate / craniofacial scientific organisation

Organisation details: Craniofacial Society of ULEire