[
UK
/pɹɪˈəʊpɹətˌɪv/
]
[ US /ˌpɹiˈɔpəɹətɪv/ ]
[ US /ˌpɹiˈɔpəɹətɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation
How To Use preoperative In A Sentence
- The nurse administers preoperative medications ordered by the anesthesia care provider or surgeon.
- CPA can evaluate blood supply of hepatic carcinomas, quantitate the tumor vessels preoperatively and provide effective blood information for clinic diagnosis and treatment.
- A preoperative thyroid scan should be performed to rule out ectopic thyroid tissue.
- In addition to the above, data was retrieved about age, sex, preoperative and postoperative hearing and the timing of the postoperative audiogram.
- The preoperative nurse teaches the patient what to expect in the preoperative and post-operative areas.
- Preoperative image study plays an important role in disease diagnosis and treatment of these patients.
- Preoperatively, patients marked the scales before any medication was given.
- For each patient we collected data on preoperative and operative variables to calculate predicted mortality.
- In the remaining seven patients the diagnosis was made after colectomy and synchronous pouch formation despite preoperative endoscopic biopsies suggesting ulcerative colitis.
- Prevention of postoperative infection begins in the preoperative period.