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postoperative

[pohst-op-er-uh-tiv, -uh-ray-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv] / poʊstˈɒp ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv, -ˈɒp rə tɪv /




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Older patients or people with certain health conditions can experience neurocognitive issues after anesthesia, including memory or concentration problems, or postoperative delirium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Elutia sells small materials that protect cardiac patients from postoperative complications, such as infection.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

That was called postoperative depression, and it was normal, they assured her.

From Slate ● May 2, 2025

The prognosis for AT/RT patients is grim, with a postoperative median survival of only 11-24 months.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024

He could come through other people’s tonsilectomies without suffering any postoperative distress, and even endure their hernias and hemorrhoids with only mild nausea and revulsion.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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