How to Use postoperative in a Sentence

postoperative

adjective
  • Those who choose facial surgery can cover postoperative swelling with a mask when in public.
    — Author: Danielle Braff, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Secondary cataracts are one of the common postoperative side effects of cataract surgery.
    — Harvard Health Letter, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Also, the idea that labor pains are worse than postoperative surgical pain, is false.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Every grown-up had told me that my dad would be fine despite postoperative complications.
    — Donna Jackson Nakazawa, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • Bennett’s postoperative course was filled with numerous attempts to save his life.
    — Simar Bajaj, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2022
  • Half or more of the cost of total joint replacements is incurred in the postoperative period.
    — Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Recovery time is swifter and side effects are fewer, which can reduce the need for postoperative opioids.
    — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2017
  • Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used to treat severe or postoperative pain.
    — Tony Rizzo, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017
  • Based on the lack of postoperative bone growth, the patient likely died during the procedure or shortly thereafter.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Your healthcare provider will guide you on the appropriate timeframe based on your specific needs and postoperative progress.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Each episode will follow two patients in desperate need of assistance with postoperative pain and trauma.
    — cleveland, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Then there is the postoperative care, which can include 24/7 direct access to your surgeon and at-home nurses.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • It is also boiled with herbs to form a tonic called gaesoju, which is also believed to boost stamina and aid postoperative recovery.
    — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Writers in lockdown are, like everyone else, feeling pale and postoperative.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 15 May 2020
  • One study found that curcumin was effective at reducing the symptoms of postoperative pain.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • This also extends to children; a study of postoperative pain management found that boys were more likely to receive codeine and girls the gentler acetaminophen.
    — Parul Sehgal, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Their patients are more likely to receive postoperative placement in preferred beds rather than being held in recovery areas.
    — Eugene Litvak, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Three to four days in Istanbul are usually enough, one for consultation and tests, one full day for the transplant, and one day for the first wash and postoperative check.
    — Wyles Daniel, Freep.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • For conditions like arthritis and wound and postoperative pain, however, these drugs need to target only the diseased or injured areas of the body to provide pain relief.
    — Aaron W. Harrison, The Conversation, 16 July 2021
  • Limited staffing and too few beds for postoperative care and recovery, however, can complicate matters.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The pre, intra and postoperative planning is patient specific, can be complex, and is known as the perioperative plan.
    — Dr. John Guzzi, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
  • Why does the narrator casually bring up her research about lobotomies and remark that the postoperative condition might closely resemble her own?
    — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
  • More than 4 million people die within a month of surgery every year, making postoperative mortality a leading cause of death globally.
    — Nandan Lad, Time, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Routine postoperative examinations are usually completed the day after surgery, about a week after surgery and about a month after surgery.
    — Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In up to 30% of cases of early-stage breast cancer treated before surgery, doctors can’t find evidence of cancer cells in postoperative biopsies.
    — Alice Park, Time, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The agency does not have the power to specifically regulate or license postoperative recovery homes.
    — New York Times, 11 May 2022
  • Even a normal recovery involves bruising, bleeding and painful swelling, which has led to a homegrown system of postoperative recovery houses arising along the border.
    — Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Later, the researchers realized that the brain was simply reacting to having been tampered with—the electrical equivalent of a postoperative wound.
    — Christine Kenneally, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Normally, postoperative ileus goes away on its own in about three or four days after an operation, but people can be uncomfortable while the condition lasts, the meta-analysis said.
    — Sara G. Miller Staff Writer, Fox News, 2 June 2017
  • Long wrote in the postoperative report, according to the Hamilton Spectator.
    — Fox News, 19 June 2017

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