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post-op vs post-surgery

Both 'post-op' and 'post-surgery' are correct phrases used to refer to the period after a surgical procedure. They are interchangeable and commonly used in medical contexts.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 778 views

post-op

This phrase is correct and commonly used in medical contexts to refer to the period after a surgical operation.

It is an abbreviation for 'post-operative' and is used to describe the time following a surgical procedure.

Examples:

  • The patient is recovering well post-op.
  • The doctor will see you for a follow-up appointment post-op.
  • Her post-op echo is completely normal.
  • Two of our patients are dead of the same post-op infection.
  • Frank Jeffries is post-op day three for pectoral enhancement surgery.
  • Thank you all. I will check on him in post-op.
  • Now close using a running absorbable suture to avoid post-op fistulas.
  • Well, the post-op imaging looks good.
  • Seriously, this is a palace of post-op infection.
  • We're on the post-op floor, Toronto General, room 718.
  • It's a post-op kit for cosmetic surgery.
  • I'm dealing with her after I deal with this post-op infection.
  • There's been some post-op complications with Doc.
  • I thought we might do yoga for your post-op stiffness.
  • She spiked a post-op fever last night.
  • Maybe his fever is more than the post-op reaction.
  • It's about her post-op instructions.
  • Never thought I'd hope for a post-op infection.
  • Do me a favor and take the patient through the post-op.
  • He's up, if you want to do a post-op assessment.
  • Evac all O.R. suites to post-op.
  • Patients have post-op infections all the time, right?

Alternatives:

  • post-surgery
  • after the operation
  • following the surgery
  • after the surgical procedure
  • during the recovery period

post-surgery

This phrase is correct and commonly used in medical contexts to refer to the period after a surgical procedure.

It is used to describe the time following a surgical operation.

Examples:

  • The patient is recovering well post-surgery.
  • The doctor will provide instructions for care post-surgery.
  • And post-surgery treatment requires antirejection steroids.
  • Because there wasn't anything to see, but she could have had a post-surgery stroke or an evolving intracerebral contusion.
  • What, you didn't know about the post-surgery ice-cream-eating protocol?
  • It was all paid for by Bagosa. But there's not much more post-surgery.
  • There's no need for concern yet, I've seen this before in non-athletic patients post-surgery.
  • And can you confirm that blood thinners are known to cause bruising post-surgery?
  • In two exploratory studies, pre- and post-surgery serum samples were collected from a few long-bone fracture patients.
  • In patients, baseline Factor Xa and PT were influenced by the surgery resulting in a difference in the concentration-PT slope between the day post-surgery and steady state.

Alternatives:

  • post-op
  • after the operation
  • following the surgery
  • after the surgical procedure
  • during the recovery period

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