No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 70
- Unilateral (one sided) cleft lip only: 30
- Bilateral (Two sided) cleft lip only: 5
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 5
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 1
- Cleft palate only: 30
- 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: 1-2 months
- Type of operation: Tennison
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 2-3 month
- Type of operation: Bialteral Millard
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Timing: 10-12 months
- Type of operation: Veau- Killner-Wardill. If isolated cleft palate then Furlow
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
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 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: Branislav Trifunovi? (surgeon, all types of research)
Ivan Raki? (surgeon, all types of research)
Marko Majstorovi? (surgeon, all types of research)
Dragan Zamaklar (surgeon, all types of research)
Non-clinical and laboratory research
Non-clinical and laboratory team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Goran ?ubrilo ( Geneticist, all types of research)
Vukašin ?obelji? (Psychologist, all types of research)
Potential laboratory based research activities
Laboratory based research activities interested in being involved in:
Laboratory genetics/genomics research: Yes