These refer to any symptomatic changes after an operation (post-operatively). They usually involve pain, swelling, difficulty moving (again, due to pain), and many others.
The term is also used to refer to imaging studies (X-rays, CT, MRI, etc.) in which post-operative changes can be visualized, radiographically.
Pre-op, Pre-op medicated, trans-op, and post op.
A good place to find the post-op instructions is yorkyates.com. This doctor does all kinds of plastic surgerys and list the post-op instructions for each.
A she-male is technically postoperative (post-op) because breast augmentations were performed on the individual. They are not in transition to a social identified gender role.
Information on post op gastric bypass may be found at a local gastric bypass surgeon's office or online at the following sites: www.thinnertimesforum.com/forum/15-post-op-gastric-bypass; dietpulpit.com/1806/overview-of-two-weeks-post-op-gastric-bypass-surgery; www.obesitydiscussion.com/forums/obesity-surgery/almost-month-post-op-gastric-7039.html
Post- op stands for post operative. This is the time immediately after a surgery. A doctor will give instructions for this time that will help the patient to recover from the stress of surgery. Some patients may be able to rest at home, some in the hospital only. It is up to the doctor. Another use of the word post op is slang. Sometimes people who have had a sex change are called post op to distinguish them from people who live dressed as a different gender, but who have the same sex organs that they were born with: a post- op.
Post-op.
thirtysomething - 1987 Post-Op 3-13 was released on: USA: 23 January 1990
Post-op is after the reassignment surgery (they now have the parts of the sex opposite to what they were declared at birth). A pre-op transsexual person is someone who hasn't undergone sexual reassignment surgery. They still have the genitals they were wrongly born with.
A post-op trans woman is a transgender woman who has undergone gender-affirming surgery, such as vaginoplasty, to align her physical characteristics with her gender identity.
It is only located in the tranny pre-op. Post-op it becomes a 'governor'
A Post Op Transsexual is a person who has surgically changed their gender. The phrase "Post Op" is used to show that the person has undergone physical surgery, or is Post the Operation. Generally, when a person is looking to change their gender, they are required to go through months of hormone therapy and gender reassignment therapy before the physical operation is complete.
Post- op stands for post operative. This is the time immediately after a surgery. A doctor will give instructions for this time that will help the patient to recover from the stress of surgery. Some patients may be able to rest at home, some in the hospital only. It is up to the doctor. Another use of the word post op is slang. Sometimes people who have had a sex change are called post op to distinguish them from people who live dressed as a different gender, but who have the same sex organs that they were born with: a post- op.