The rarely performed hemicorporectomy surgical procedure is conducted for conditions such as severe pelvic bone infections and certain cancers or other potentially fatal illnesses, said ...

Hemicorporectomy rarely has been performed because of the very limited indications for the procedure, said senior author Dr. Robert McClelland, professor emeritus of surgery at UT Southwestern.

Hemicorporectomy rarely has been performed because of the very limited indications for the procedure, said senior author Dr. Robert McClelland, professor emeritus of surgery at UT Southwestern.

The procedure is also known as a halfectomy ... It was the first time a hemicorporectomy had been attempted at Albany Med in recent memory. Doctors did not bill for their services, which amounted ...

MECHANICVILLE — Tammy Reed, who underwent one of the most radically invasive surgeries in 2010, a hemicorporectomy, or hemi for short, has had the last of her wounds closed up and is taking ...

Article continues below He was then forced to undergo a hemicorporectomy — a radical amputation procedure which sees the patient lose all of their lower limbs — in order to save his life.

Hemicorporectomy rarely has been performed because of the very limited indications for the procedure, said senior author Dr. Robert McClelland, professor emeritus of surgery at UT Southwestern.