SELECT 
  tmall_product_descriptions.product_id, 
  tmall_product_descriptions.short_description, 
  IF(
    tmall_product_descriptions.short_description = '' 
    OR tmall_product_descriptions.short_description IS NULL, 
    tmall_product_descriptions.full_description, 
    ''
  ) AS full_description 
FROM 
  tmall_product_descriptions 
WHERE 
  tmall_product_descriptions.product_id IN (
    59, 58, 60, 172, 134, 135, 168, 167, 169, 
    42, 39, 40, 37, 74, 73, 71, 75, 72
  ) 
  AND tmall_product_descriptions.lang_code = 'en'

Query time 0.00813

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "cost": 0.03208221,
    "nested_loop": [
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "tmall_product_descriptions",
          "access_type": "range",
          "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "product_id"],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "key_length": "9",
          "used_key_parts": ["product_id", "lang_code"],
          "loops": 1,
          "rows": 18,
          "cost": 0.03208221,
          "filtered": 100,
          "index_condition": "tmall_product_descriptions.product_id in (59,58,60,172,134,135,168,167,169,42,39,40,37,74,73,71,75,72) and tmall_product_descriptions.lang_code = 'en'"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}