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Masterclasses
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2017

M6.1 Surgical Services at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital and 16:15 Convention Hall A
Plastic Surgery on Congenital Diseases

Surgical Services in Hong Kong Children’s Hospital
Leung M
Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Children’s Hospital (HKCH) is targeted for service commencement by phases in 2018. HKCH is a tertiary
referral centre for paediatric specialty services including oncology, cardiology, nephrology and surgery.

Currently there are three paediatric surgery (PS) centres in Hong Kong, including Queen Mary Hospital, Prince of Wales
Hospital, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH)/United Christian Hospital (UCH) which form a cross-cluster conjoint centre
providing PS services to Kowloon Central Cluster and Kowloon East Cluster.

A hub-and-spoke model will be adopted in PS in HKCH and cluster centres. Rare and complex PS cases will be managed
mainly in HKCH, together with expertise in other paediatric specialties that promote multi-disciplinary care. In the initial phase
of service commencement, tertiary services on neonatal surgery, oncology surgery, cleft anomaly-related primary surgery
and complex urology for renal transplant-related children will be provided. Complex PS cases in other subspecialty areas
will be gradually translocated to HKCH later. The current paediatric surgeons in the three referral centres will come together,
leading PS subspecialty services in different areas.

Tuesday, 16 May HKCH for further care.
Due to the geographical proximity of HKCH and regional hospitals in Kowloon clusters, HKCH also provides emergency and
secondary PS services in current QEH/UCH service network. Children with acute surgical problems will be transferred to

M6.2 Surgical Services at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital and 16:15 Convention Hall A
Plastic Surgery on Congenital Diseases

Plastic Surgery on Congenital Diseases: From Cleft Lip and Palate to Facial Clefts
Choi WK
Department of Surgery, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong
Orofacial cleft is the commonest congenital facial abnormalities. It can be ranging from simple cleft lip with/without cleft
palate, isolated cleft palate to more rare conditions with facial clefts. The overall incidence is around 1 in 1,000 live births, and
is more prevalent among Asian with incidence up to 1 in 500 live births.
Caring for children with cleft condition is a long term commitment and required multi-disciplinary team involvement.

In this presentation, we will outline our protocol by emphasising the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach. Recent
advances and controversies in the field will also be discussed.

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