Reviewing a proposed procedure with your chosen doctor
Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery
second opinion in Mumbai.
Medical term: Cleft lip repair and palatoplasty
Already chosen your cleft surgeon in Mumbai or Navi Mumbai to review your proposed cleft lip and palate surgery? When you cannot attend yourself, Redwood organises your existing records and questions, takes the case to that doctor and shares their recommendations.
You choose the doctor. We take your case to them.
Understand the procedure
What is cleft lip and palate surgery?
Cleft surgery repairs a gap in the lip, the roof of the mouth or both. Lip repair and palate repair have different goals and are usually parts of a coordinated care plan that may also involve feeding, hearing, speech and dental support.
This is general procedure information. Your chosen doctor assesses what applies to you.
Procedure information: NHS: patient information
Understand the proposed plan
What the operation may involve
Your decision, your questions
Questions for your chosen doctor
Choose the questions that matter to your situation. We record them in your own words and take them to the consultation.
- Which part of the cleft is being repaired at this stage, and why this timing?
- How do feeding, growth or other health findings affect the plan?
- What speech or hearing issues might need separate treatment?
- What further stages or revision procedures might be considered as my child grows?
Your existing case file
Records to organise
We organise the cleft-team assessment and proposed treatment sequence alongside your treatment history and the written procedure recommendation. We note what you want the cleft surgeon to clarify and keep the original reports available for the consultation.
Share the records you already have. This is a document checklist, not a request for new tests.
Bring together what is available
- Cleft-team assessment and proposed treatment sequence
- Growth, feeding and paediatric health records
- Hearing and speech assessments where age-appropriate
- Previous repair notes and relevant dental or orthodontic records
- Your written procedure recommendation, current prescriptions and allergy details
When you cannot attend yourself
How Redwood takes your case to your doctor
- Tell us whom you have chosen. Share the doctor’s name, hospital or clinic, and the decision you want reviewed.
- Prepare the case with us. We organise your existing records, treatment timeline and questions, then coordinate the appointment.
- We attend with your case. Your Care Steward takes the organised cleft lip and palate surgery case file to the cleft surgeon you selected and puts forward your recorded questions. After the consultation, we share the doctor's recommendations and consultation documents with you.
A video call during the consultation can be arranged if the doctor allows.
We respond within 12 hours of your enquiry.