Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient presenting for palatoplasty for cleft palate only. * Parent/guardian consents to participate * Normal oral food and water intake before surgery * No underlying chronic pain condition Exclusion Criteria: * Parent/guardian refuses to consent * Patient requires revision surgery on the palate * Patient requires surgery in addition to palatoplasty, including, but not limited to pharyngeal flap or soft palate lengthening procedures. * Any underlying chronic pain condition * Presence of any other factor which, at the discretion of any member of the study team, makes the patient a poor candidate for block placement. * Presence of any other factor which, at the discretion of any member of the study team, makes the patient a poor candidate for research participation. * History of Pierre Robin sequence * Planned or anticipated need for any type of artificial airway post-op