noun
definition
A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery.
adjective
definition
Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
example
The postoperative procedure is as follows.
Examples of postoperative in a Sentence
All children over 3 years old were treated with postoperative radiotherapy.
Infections of the surgical wound has been the most common postoperative complication.
For others, like postoperative ileus, there may be few.
Postoperative breastfeeding is encouraged whenever possible, as breast milk contains lipases and bile salts to aid in digestion.
In addition the epidural may be used for postoperative analgesia.
Splenectomy is usually avoided in children younger than five years because of the increased risk of a severe postoperative infection.
After surgery, care must be taken to follow all postoperative instructions and to obtain follow-up care from both the pediatrician and pediatric urologist.
Other drugs that have been developed to treat postoperative or post-chemotherapy nausea and vomiting include ondansetron (Zofran) and granisetron (Kytril).
H., et al. "Effect of acupressure on nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy cycle for Korean postoperative stomach cancer patients."
The early discharge policy resulted in the median postoperative hospital convalescence being reduced from 5 to 3 days (P 0.001 ).
Duodenal switch is a modification of the biliopancreatic diversion, which tends to achieve less postoperative diarrhea.
Conditions included postoperative ileus, delayed onset muscle soreness, migraine, influenza, asthma, rheumatic conditions and osteoarthritis.
Outcomes included postoperative myocardial infarction, or myocardial ischaemia, or cardiac death over a longer period.
Neither patient received any adjuvant chemotherapy nor postoperative irradiation.
Postoperative edema and bleeding can make it difficult to visualize the larynx.
Only one trial was designed to measure postoperative morbidity.
Nausea and vomiting postoperative nausea and vomiting postoperative nausea and vomiting was less frequent in some, but not all studies.
It now has preoperative PSA levels on over 80% of the men and postoperative PSA levels on over 50% .
Graduated compression stockings in the prevention of postoperative venous thromboembolism.
However, recurrence of hernias has been reported to occur in 15% or more cases and postoperative pain and disability are frequent.
The postoperative briefing to all patients on discharge ensured that those with any problem or subnormal vision reported back to the hospital.
Prolonged tourniquet times have been related to respiratory failure requiring postoperative ventilation, especially in trauma.
The most common complications following repair surgery are postoperative renal failure and recoarctation.
An additional element of postoperative care is the recommendation by many doctors that the child use ear plugs to keep water out of the ear during bathing or swimming to reduce the risk of infection and discharge.
Postoperative complications are common, including wound infections and lack of healing, persistent sepsis and bowel necrosis, and a serious internal bleeding disorder known as disseminated intravascular coagulation.
Johnson. "Methods for Decreasing Postoperative Gut Dysmotility."
Jimenez, David, et al. "Endoscopy-assisted wide-vertex craniectomy, barrel stave osteotomies, and postoperative helmet molding therapy in the management of sagittal suture craniosynostosis."