No. of Cases Seen in a Year
Treatment Funded by State for National Residents
- Surgery costs: All
- Speech and Language Therapy costs: All
- Orthodontic costs: Part
Primary surgical protocol
Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 6 months
- Type of operation: Millard
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 6 months
- Type of operation: Black
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Timing: 10 months
- Type of operation: Wardill-Kilner
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?
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: Tanaskovic Nenad - Surgery
Maric Nina - Clinical Geneticist
Solomon Ljiljana - Pediatrition - Neonatologist
Potential laboratory based research activities
Laboratory based research activities interested in being involved in:
Laboratory genetics/genomics research: Yes