No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 70
- Unilateral (one sided) cleft lip only: 19
- Bilateral (Two sided) cleft lip only: 9
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 7
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 3
- Cleft palate only: 32
- Pierre Robin Sequence: 5
- With anomalies present: 11
Treatment Funded by State for National Residents
- Surgery costs: All
- Speech and Language Therapy costs: Part
- Orthodontic costs: Part
Primary surgical protocol
Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 3-6 months
- Type of operation: Millard
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 3-6 months
- Type of operation: Veau Duhamel
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Stages: Two stage
- 1st Stage Timing: 6 months
- 1st Stage Type of operation: Posterior Palatoplasty
- 2nd Stage Timing: 18 months
- 2nd Stage Type of operation: Anterior Palatoplasty as per Gothenburg delayed palate closure protocol. However if V shaped isolated palate - one stage repair at 6 months
Record collection protocol
Are records routinely collected at specific ages? Yes
Does this conform to WHO recommendations for different cleft types? No
Research
Want to particpate in research? yes
Participation in inter-centre studies?
Current Research
| 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: Radu-Iulian Spataru, pediatric surgeon
Dan Gheorghe, ENT
Andrei Borangiu, ENT