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No. of Cases Seen in a Year

• Total Referrals: 63
• Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 12
• Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 5
• Cleft palate only: 25

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: 3-4 months
• Type of operation: Cheiloperiosteoplasty

Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:

• Stages: Two stage
• 1st Stage Timing: 4 months
• 1st Stage Type of operation: Cheiloperiosteoplasty in 2 stages
• 2nd Stage Timing: 6 months
• 2nd Stage Type of operation: Cheiloperiosteoplasty in 2 stages

Cleft Palate Repair:

• Timing: By 24 months

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? yes

Current 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

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Clinical research

Clinical team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Anatoly G. Gulyuk, MD, surgeon
Vladimir G. Kryklyas, Ph. D., surgeon
Alexander I. Demid, surgeon
Nataly A. Andrusenko, orthodontist
Inna N. Akhremova. speech therapist

Non-clinical and laboratory research

Non-clinical and laboratory team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Anatoly P. Levitsky, Ph. D. in biological sciences
Olga A. Makarenko, Ph. D. in biological sciences

Potential laboratory based research activities

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