Glossary term
Follow-Up Window
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The defined post-operative time period during which follow-up visits are scheduled and complications are most likely to present. Follow-up windows are procedure-specific (e.g. 2 weeks for wound check, 6 weeks for joint range-of-motion, 3 months for implant integration). Medical-tourism patients should align their follow-up windows with home-country clinical capacity before leaving the destination country.