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Etymology

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From hemi- +‎ ablation.

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hemiablation (plural hemiablations)

  1. (surgery) ablation of either node of the prostate (as treatment of unilateral prostate cancer etc)
    • 2015 August 19, Fouad Aoun et al., “High Intensity Focused Ultrasound versus Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer: A Matched-Pair Analysis”, in Advances in Urology[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      Recently, we have reported better stress urinary incontinence and erectile function rates with hemiablation HIFU but validated questionnaire and further experience are needed to confirm these findings [ 45 ].