So Lacys parents had brought her to Johns Hopkins for a hemispherectomy, which is probably the most radical procedure in neurosurgery. Christine Kennelly, The New Yorker, July 3, 2005, p.36.
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Hemispherectomy — Interventions infobox Name = Hemispherectomy ICD10 = ICD9 = 01.52 OtherCodes = Hemispherectomy is a surgical procedure where one cerebral hemisphere (half of the brain) is removed or disabled. This procedure is used to treat a variety of seizure… … Wikipedia
hemispherectomy — noun (plural mies) Date: circa 1941 surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere … New Collegiate Dictionary
hemispherectomy — Excision of one cerebral hemisphere; undertaken for malignant tumors, intractable epilepsy usually associated with infantile hemiplegia due to birth injury, and other cerebral conditions. * * * hemi·spher·ec·to·my … Medical dictionary
hemispherectomy — hemi·spher·ec·to·my … English syllables
hemispherectomy — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌsfiˈrektəmē noun ( es) Etymology: hemisphere + ectomy : surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere … Useful english dictionary
Hemisferectomía — La hemisferectomía es un procedimiento neuroquirúrgico que consiste en la extracción o inhabilitación de un hemisferio cerebral (una de las mitades del cerebro). Este procedimiento es usado para tratar un gran número de transtornos convulsivos… … Wikipedia Español
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List of surgical procedures — Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, ectomy is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the… … Wikipedia
