hemispherectomy


hemispherectomy

 [hem″ĭ-sfēr-ek´to-me] surgical removal of a hemisphere" >cerebral hemisphere; done in intractable epilepsy.

hem·i·spher·ec·to·my

(hem'ē-sfēr-ek'tŏ-mē), Excision of one cerebral hemisphere; undertaken for malignant tumors, intractable epilepsy usually associated with infantile hemiplegia due to birth injury, and other cerebral conditions.

hemispherectomy

(hĕm″ĭ-sfĕr-ĕk′tō-mē) Surgical removal of one hemisphere of the brain; an operation sometimes used to treat severe brain diseases such as refractory epilepsy.