postoperatively
English
editEtymology
editFrom post- + operative + -ly.
Adverb
editpostoperatively (not comparable)
- In a postoperative context; after surgery.
- 2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 83:
- General anesthesia may decrease the functional residual capacity (FRC) for up to 1 to 2 weeks postoperatively.