A commentary on ‘Comparison of pharmacologic therapies alone versus operative techniques in combination with pharmacologic therapies for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A randomized controlled trial’

Abstract

Recently, we read the article by Kim et al . [1] with immense interest. The authors conducted a meaningful assessment of the quality of evidence concerning operative analgesic techniques for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) with postoperative pain. The topic is particularly intriguing as it explores how these techniques can effectively reduce post-operative pain resulting from LC. Their fi ndings revealed that not only pain at rest ( P < 0.001) but also pain on cough ( P = 0.001) scores were higher in the pharmacologic analgesia (P) group compared with those in the operative analgesic treatments with pharmacologic analgesia (OP) group. Additionally, the authors observed that the sleep quality scores at 24 h postoperatively were lower in the P group compared with the OP group (67 ± 15 vs. 56 ± 18; P = 0.017). This randomized controlled trial provided signi fi cant evidence of the treatment techniques for patients undergoing LC. Although the study is inspiring and thought-provoking, we have the following comments: