No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 97
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 25
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 5
- Cleft palate only: 45
- Pierre Robin Sequence: 8
Treatment Funded by State for National Residents
- Surgery costs: Part
- Speech and Language Therapy costs: All
- Orthodontic costs: Part
Primary surgical protocol
Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 4-6 months
- Type of operation: Millard, Delaire, Tennison, own technique
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 4-6 months
- Type of operation: Millard, Delaire, Tennison, own technique
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Stages: Two stage
- 1st Stage Timing: 9-12 months
- 1st Stage Type of operation: Soft palate - intravelar veloplasty, Bardach-Salyer technique, own technique
- 2nd Stage Timing: 5-6 years
- 2nd Stage Type of operation: Hard palate closure. Isolated cleft palate - one stage at 9-12 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
Type(s) of software used: | MS Excel, Word |
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 |
Clinical research
Clinical team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: L.Kharkov, L.Yakovenko, I.Chekhova, G.Korotchenko, V.Yefimenko, N.Kiselyova, A.Suprun, V.Sokolovsky, P.Levchenko, R.Yegorov, Y.Kalinichenko, D.Reznichenko