hemiablation

English

Etymology

hemi- +‎ ablation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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 ].