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Objective: To evaluate the association between peritoneal lavage and postoperative pain levels in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Methods: Prospective cohort study on 110 patients with gallbladder pathology scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Groups: with peritoneal lavage (n1 = 55) and without peritoneal lavage (n2 = 55). Pain was evaluated at 6, 12, and 24 h using the visual analog scale (VAS). Numeric variables were described as means or medians. Categorical variables were described as absolute frequencies and percentages. The association between peritoneal lavage and postoperative pain levels was analyzed using Linear Quantile Mixed Models (LQMMs) with the \u2018lqmm\u2019 package in R. Results: Pain assessment shows that the median pain scale scores were significantly lower at 6, 12, and 24 postoperative hours (p &lt; 0.001) in patients who received peritoneal lavage. The adjusted median differences ranged from \u22121.6 to \u22121.7 points on the VAS across all evaluated time points, indicating consistently lower postoperative pain scores in the lavage group. Conclusions: Peritoneal lavage with saline solution during laparoscopic cholecystectomy was associated with lower postoperative pain scores during the first 24 postoperative hours.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medsci14020287","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,3]],"date-time":"2026-06-03T09:33:14Z","timestamp":1780479194000},"page":"287","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effectiveness of Peritoneal Lavage in Reducing Postoperative Pain in Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Prospective Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Aurelio Arturo","family":"Orellana Vicu\u00f1a","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Postgraduate School, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima 15102, Peru"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5332-9254","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Percy","family":"Soto Becerra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Innovaci\u00f3n e Investigaci\u00f3n Traslacional en Salud, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima 15072, Peru"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7372-2608","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexis Germ\u00e1n Murillo","family":"Carrasco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Immunology and Cancer Research Group-IMMUCA, Organization for Medical Innovation and Collaboration for Science (OMICS), Lima 15001, Peru"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daysi Zulema","family":"D\u00edaz-Obreg\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Postgraduate School, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima 15102, Peru"},{"name":"ONG Innovation and Science for the Care and Support of Society\u2014INNOVACARE, Lima 15023, Peru"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"71","article-title":"Factores de riesgo en la g\u00e9nesis de la Litiasis Vesicular","volume":"7","author":"Hita","year":"2005","journal-title":"Investig. 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