Electronic Journal of Liver Tumor ›› 2025, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (2): 30-36.

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Evidence summary for perioperative pain management in patients with open hepatectomy

Niu Yushuo, Li Cuicui, Wang Lin, Li Yajun, Zhao Runan, Hou Xiaohong*   

  1. Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Ji'nan 25000, China
  • Received:2024-06-05 Published:2025-07-29
  • Contact: *Hou Xiaohong, E-mail: 276912491@qq.com

Abstract: Objective: To retrieve, evaluate, and integrate evidence of perioperative pain management in patients with open hepatectomy, and to provide references for clinical nursing practice.
Methods: Clinical decisions, guidelines, evidence summaries, best practices, recommended practices, expert consensus, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to perioperative pain management in patients with open hepatectomy were systematically searched from domestic and foreign databases. The search period is from the inception of the databases until August 2023. Three researchers assessed the quality of the literature and extracted and summarized evidence based on this topic.
Results: A total of 18 articles were included, including 1 clinical decision, 4 guidelines, 3 expert consensus, 2 evidence summaries, and 8 systematic reviews. A total of 31 pieces from 8 aspects of evidence were summarized, including team building, pain assessment, pain planning, pain education, preventive analgesia, multimodal analgesia, and dynamic evaluation.
Conclusion: This study summarizes the evidence for perioperative pain management in patients with open hepatectomy and provides a reference basis for clinical practice. Medical staff should take good nursing measures for pain management according to the clinical situation to reduce patients' postoperative pain.

Key words: Open hepatectomy, Pain management, Evidence summary, Evidence-based nursing