Definition of "postoperative" [postoperative]

• Happening or done after a surgical operation. (adjective)

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• "He began shortening his hours as a therapist in postoperative rehabilitation to play with his new friends."
• "They say, "this study is perhaps the only randomized controlled trial that has evaluated the effectiveness of the use of long-term postoperative OCP treatment to prevent endometrioma recurrence.""
• "The researchers compared the one preoperative blood sugar reading to short- and long-term postoperative complications and death."