Perioperative care [edit]. Peri-op care is the care that is given before, during and after surgery. It takes place in hospitals, in surgical centers attached to hospitals, in freestanding surgical centers or health care providers' offices. This period is used to prepare the patient both physically and psychologically for the surgical procedure and after surgery.
In clinical terms, often used to describe the portions of the appendicular skeleton (that is, upper extremity, lower extremity). See also: limb, end, pole. extremity. 1. the distal or terminal portion of elongated or pointed structures. 2. limb.
The extremity of a situation or of someone's behaviour is the degree to which it is severe, unusual, or unacceptable. In spite of the extremity of her seclusion she was sane. [+ of] In the past, the region had been protected by its forbidding geography and the extremities of its climate. [+ of] Only in extremity, when his defences had been reduced by six weeks of bombing, was he ready to leave. More Synonyms of extremity COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.