To evaluate of severity of post-operative pain in right sub-diaphragmatic region, shoulder tip, port site and its comparison with controls and the amount of analgesic usage post operatively laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Abstract

Background & Method: 90 cases of symptomatic cholelithiasis admitted and operated upon during the period of two years from August 2014 to August 2016 at Bharati Hospital, Pune. The study will be conducted using a pre-tested proforma meeting the objectives and the postoperative pain will be evaluated using visual analog scale (VAS) and verbal rating score(VRS) for a period of 48 hours post operatively. The analysis of the results will be done statistically with relevant tests. Result: The mean ± standard deviation of age of the patients from Group A, Group B and Group C is 40.2 ± 12.1 years, 43.7 ± 13.6 years and 49.4 ± 17.3 years respectively. The age range for patients enrolled in the study was between 16 – 80, mean age being 42.78 years. 1) Values are Mean and standard deviation (SD). P-values by One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Post-Hoc Boferroni’s test for multiple group comparisons. P-value