hemimandibulectomy
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hemimandibulectomy (plural hemimandibulectomies)
- (surgery) excision of one half of a mandible
- 2015, Pavankumar R. Koralakunte et al., “Prosthetic management of hemimandibulectomy patient with guiding plane and twin occlusion prosthesis”, in Journal of Natural Science, Biology, and Medicine[1], volume 6, :
- The medical history revealed that the patient was surgically operated 4 years back by a wide resection of the tumor with left hemimandibulectomy without disarticulation, left radical neck dissection and reconstruction with pectoralis major myocutaneous flap.