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perioperative

American  
[per-ee ah-per-uh-tiv, -pruh-tiv, -puh ray-tiv] / ˌpɛr i ˈɑ pər ə tɪv, -prə tɪv, -pə ˌreɪ tɪv /

adjective

  1. Medicine/Medical. of, relating to, or occurring in the time just before or after a surgical operation.


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Approximately four times as many patients treated with perioperative durvalumab plus chemotherapy achieved a pCR when compared to those treated with chemotherapy alone.

From Science Daily Oct. 23, 2023

“Pain is this four-letter word that can mean so many different things,” says Vivianne Tawfik, an assistant professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

From Scientific American Sep. 30, 2021

John Kenealy, clinical director of surgery and perioperative services at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, told reporters Wednesday that his team expects to perform around 500 hours of surgery in the coming days and weeks.

From Washington Post Dec. 13, 2019

Robotic-prostatectomy advocates cite studies reporting that robotic surgery has less blood loss, fewer complications and lower perioperative mortality.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2018

The big chief at the Human Pain Research Laboratory is Dr Sean Mackey, Redlich professor of anaesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine, neurosciences and neurology at Stanford.

From The Guardian Jan. 25, 2017

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