postoperative

Examples

• All

• Dr. Ryan, will you write the postoperative orders?

  X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

• For patients with simple snoring, postoperative care is the same as it is for adult tonsillectomy patients.

  Academic text (1999)

• It's the postoperative period we're concerned about.

  Charly (1968)

• At no time during the postoperative course was the device exposed or at risk.

  Academic text (1999)

• Second, nearly half the patients did not have a postoperative hemoglobin level recorded.

  Academic text (1999)

• Nearly a third of patients who had a postoperative morbid event died.

  Academic text (1999)

• The study was designed to detect a difference in postoperative infection at 10% versus 2%.

  Academic text (1999)

• The wound was judged to be closed and healthy on postoperative day 38.

  Academic text (1999)

• Homologous blood transfusion has been associated with an increased risk of postoperative infectious complications.

  Academic text (1994)

• Following surgery, smoking contributes to lower survival rates, delayed wound healing, and postoperative respiratory complications.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

P

postsurgical

vspostoperative

• Specialized

1 4.1

About care and recovery after an operation

refers to the period after an operation rather than focusing on care

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology