and parentral analgesic with nerve block alone in post-op patients of cleft lip repair. Swati Arora, Anita Malik, Sunil Arora, Rajni Gupta Department of Anaesthesia, CSMMU, Lucknow Abstract Aim Comparative study of combined use of preoperative intramuscular diclofenac and postoperative inferior orbital nerve block with postoperative nerve block for postoperative analgesia in cleft lip repair surgeries. Material and Methods In a randomized placebo controlled study 30 ASA I or II grade patients aged 17-40 yrs of either sex scheduled for elective cleft lip repair surgery were divided into three groups.