Our study presents preliminary but promising results suggesting that suprazygomatic maxillary nerve block [SMNB] may reduce perioperative opioid consumption in pediatric primary clefts particularly ...

A nerve block administered to a nerve that provides sensation to the palate, upper jaw and upper lip halts pain during the surgery and significantly reduces it afterward, researchers recently reported ...

December 12, 2025 — For infants undergoing cleft palate surgery, local anesthetic injection targeting the maxillary nerve of the face may reduce or eliminate the need for opioid medications to control ...

Milestone Scientific Inc. (OTCQB: MLSS), a medical R&D company that designs, patents, incubates and commercializes a growing portfolio of innovative injection technologies, today announced that it has ...

A nerve block can help babies manage pain from cleft palate surgery without opioids Opioid use was dramatically lower among babies given a nerve block 7 of 10 babies needed no opioids at all to manage ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ--(Marketwired - August 18, 2016) - Milestone Scientific Inc. (NYSE MKT: MLSS), a medical R&D company that designs, patents, incubates and commercializes a growing portfolio of ...

7 of 10 babies needed no opioids at all to manage post-surgery pain FRIDAY, Dec. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Using a nerve blocker before surgery to correct cleft palate can reduce or eliminate the ...