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Screening camps are held in remote areas of
the state of Andhra Pradesh to educate people about cleft and
craniofacial defects. Patients born with or suffering from
these defects are also invited and informed about the stages
of their rehabilitation. |
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A special
bus run by the Institute is used to transport the children and
their parents to the Institute because most patients are so
poor that they cannot afford to travel to Hyderabad for
treatment. |
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Doctors and
counselors counsel patients and parents on all related topics
like their present condition, number of operations required,
speech therapy, feeding procedures and orthodontic therapy. In
our review it was found that at least 16 hours of counseling
is given to each patient during the course of his or her
treatment. |
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All preoperative
investigations, photographs, radiographs, jaw impressions and
dental and medical work up done before taking them up for
surgery. |
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Surgery is
performed and the patient is kept in the post operative ICU
for 24 hours |
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Sutures
are removed if necessary on the 5th Post operative day and the
patient are discharged. |
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The
Institute’s bus drops the patients back to the place they were
picked up from.
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Planning for the next surgery, orthodontics
and speech therapy is done as we review the
patients. |
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