perisurgical

English

Etymology

From peri- +‎ surgical.

Adjective

perisurgical (not comparable)

1. Around the time of surgery.
   • 2015 November 25, “Rapid and Efficient Production of Coronary Artery Ligation and Myocardial Infarction in Mice Using Surgical Clips”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     First, during the perisurgical period, which is the time from the beginning of the surgery until 4 hours after surgery, only 8 of 31 mice in the CMI group died, while 18 of 37 perisurgical deaths were seen in the SMI group (Fig 3C ).