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Hemispherectomy

Hemispherectomy meaning

Surgical removal of a hemisphere of the brain, usually performed to control otherwise uncontrollable epilepsy.

Example sentences (2)

With being only the second person in the world to regain movement in parts of her body post op (of her hemispherectomy) that others weren't able to, proves to us she is a fighter.

Hemispherectomy is a life-changing procedure to remove either all or part of an affected cerebral hemisphere in the brain.