No Pain, All Gain: A Literature Review of Anesthetic Options for Alveolar Bone Grafting in Children With Cleft Lip and Palate

Multimodal analgesic strategies-particularly regional anesthesia and continuous local anesthetic delivery-effectively improve pain control, reduce opioid use, and enhance perioperative outcomes in pediatric ABG. However, heterogeneity in pain assessment and limited comparative data underscore the need for standardized outcomes and targeted subgroup analyses.