before surgery
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- gurneyMobile patient transport bed
- scrubsMedical staff uniform
anxiety · waiting · gown · IV · prep · nerves · sedation · vitals · clipboard · wristband · sterile · countdown · twilight · shaving · markers · consultation · scalpel · mask
temporal relation to surgery
before surgerypost-surgery
After a medical procedure
postoperative · post-op · post-surgical · postoperatively · intraoperative
surgical intervention status
before surgerypostoperative
After an operation
preoperative · post-op · rehabilitated · post-anesthesia · on the mend
medical preparation vs. recovery state
before surgerypost-surgical recovery
Healing after an operation
convalescence · rehabilitation · post-anesthesia · discharge