postoperative

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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

Yet with therapeutic approaches, such as surgical interventions and voice therapy, voice recovery can stretch from three months to a year, with some invasive techniques requiring a significant period of mandatory postoperative voice rest.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

However, a postoperative note in the patient’s chart made it seem as though Mowlavi had examined her in person, according to the document.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 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