We are a team of surgeons and researchers with specialization in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, serving patients at the University Hospital of Basel and the University Children's Hospital Basel. Our main focus is treatment of patients with facial and cranial anomalies as University Center for Cleft Lip and Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies, specially infants born with orofacial cleft. (History of cleft lip and palate treatment) We conduct translational research as members of the Department of Clinical Research and the Department of Biomedical engineering at the University of Basel. Our aim is to develop optimal treatment strategies with minimal burden for the patient and health care system that simultaneously achieve better functional and structural outcome. We continually strive to achieve our goals at the interface among clinical activities, technological development and biological research through local and international collaborations among multidisciplinary groups.
News from the group
15 Sept. 2023
Benito Benitez gave an excellent presentation and successfully defended his PhD Thesis. Congratulations!
June 2023 at IPCAI
Till Schnabel at ETH Zurich received “IPCAI Bench to Bedside award" and was the runner-up for "Best Presentation Award" for our collaborative work "Automated and data-driven plate computation for presurgical cleft lip and palate treatment". Congratulations!
2023
Dr. Prasad Nalabothu was awarded grant by the “Research Fund for Excellent Junior Researchers” from the University of Basel for CHF 80’000. His research focuses on clinical application of artificial intelligence and smartphone-based 3D reconstruction for newborns with cleft lip and palate in low resource settings.
Congratulations to Prasad for obtaining a Fellowship in Dental Surgery from Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow!
Latest publications
Meyer S, Benitez BK, Thieringer FM, Mueller AA. 3D-printable Open-source Cleft Lip and Palate Impression Trays – A Single-Impression-Workflow. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, May 15, 2023. DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010684 Open Source Impression Trays
Schnabel TN, Gözcü B, Gotardo P, Lingens L, Dorda D, Vetterli F, Emhemmed A, Nalabothu P, Lill Y, Benitez BK, Mueller AA, Gross M, Solenthaler B. Automated and data-driven plate computation for presurgical cleft lip and palate treatment. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2023 Apr 2. doi: 10.1007/s11548-023-02858-6
Benitez BK, Brudnicki A, Surowiec Z, Wieprzowski L, Rasadurai A, Nalabothu P, Lill Y, Mueller AA. Digital Impressions from Newborns to Preschoolers with Cleft Lip and Palate: A Two-Centers Experience, Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2022.08.015
Zarean P, Zarean P, Thieringer FM, Mueller AA, Kressmann S, Erismann M, Sharma N, Benitez BK. A Point-of-Care Digital Workflow for 3D Printed Passive Presurgical Orthopedic Plates in Cleft Care. Children. 2022; 9(8):1261. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081261 Open Source Workflow
Benitez BK, Weibel SK, Halbeisen FS, Lill Y, Nalabothu P, Tache A, Mueller AA. Craniofacial Growth at Age 6–11 Years after One-Stage Cleft Lip and Palate Repair: A Retrospective Comparative Study with Historical Controls. Children. 2022; 9(8):1228. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081228
Reinhold A, Meyer P, Bruder E, Soleman J, von der Weid N, Mueller AA, Savic M, Congenital orbital teratoma: A clinicopathologic case report. American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022; 26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101420.
Benitez BK, Brudnicki A, Surowiec Z, Singh RK, Nalabothu P, Schumann D, Mueller AA, Continuous Circular Closure in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Plate Repair in One Surgery, Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Volume 50, Issue1, 2022, 76-85.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010518221001839 Detailed surgical procedure