How to Use ablation in a Sentence

ablation

noun
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  • The device used for laser ablation surgery was approved by the FDA nine years ago.
    — Wayne Drash, CNN, 11 Feb. 2018
  • The treatment involves a catheter ablation procedure, where a catheter is sent to the heart through a vein in the groin.
    — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Radiofrequency ablation of the nerves in the back has been used since the 1970s in people with intractable back pain.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The first was an ablation procedure in which the area of the heart that causes the arrhythmia is destroyed.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 21 Sep. 2022
  • That leaves 14 pitchrs on the camp roster, and Alex Wood is likely to open the season on the IL after a spinal ablation procedure.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2021
  • By contrast, a patient who undergoes laser ablation can be back to work or at school in less than two weeks.
    — Wayne Drash, CNN, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Vein ablation is a procedure to close off a varicose, or enlarged, vein.
    — Fox News, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Ablation of 2 spots on liver, removed spleen and gall bladder.
    — Jim Ayello, USA TODAY Sports, 29 June 2017
  • The pulse is so intense that the surface vaporizes instantly, a process known as ablation.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • This type of surgery cuts out the diseased tissue down to clear margins, unlike ablation surgery, which just lasers off what's visible.
    — Health.com, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Endometrial ablation is a treatment that destroys or removes most of the lining of the uterus.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Another option for removal, says Dr. Gohara, is laser ablation, a technique in which a laser is used to gently zap the cysts.
    — Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023
  • This is a process called ablation, which can be done either surgically or, more commonly, with a catheter in the cardiac lab.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 June 2021
  • About half the patients were assigned to received drug therapy, and the other half the ablation procedure.
    — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 10 May 2018
  • This spot is still something of a pick ’em — and the team doesn’t need a fifth starter for the first two weeks, allowing Wood plenty of time to return from a spinal ablation and Sanchez time to get in more work after signing late.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The doctor who operates clinics in Birmingham and Trussville had an ablation in 2020, a non-surgical treatment that strips the lining of the uterus but keeps it in place.
    — al, 20 June 2022
  • That’s another reason why Doshi said Watt should have the ablation procedure done now.
    — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2022
  • My doctors used ablation to successfully burn and freeze them away.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 11 Mar. 2024
  • One subtype of an arrhythmia may be more dangerous than another, one may be more amenable to ablation and so on.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 22 Sep. 2017
  • In some cases, the waiting time for an atrial-fibrillation ablation—a procedure to restore the heart’s normal rhythm—had grown from three months to a year and a half.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Each of these hospitals performs hundreds of Afib ablations per year.
    — Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Radiofrequency ablation, or use of high frequency sound waves to break up the fibroid from outside your body.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • An ablation procedure would have required her to miss a substantial amount of last season.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 21 Sep. 2022
  • He was first diagnosed with irregular heartbeat issues in 2011 and had an ablation the next year.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 29 June 2022
  • Thankfully, in Anthony’s case, the ablation did its job.
    — Evette Dionne, SELF, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Francona underwent a catheter ablation to address an irregular heartbeat and is expected to join the the team after the All-Star break.
    — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 7 July 2017
  • This is the latest hurdle for Wieck, who twice in the last two years had a heart ablation procedure related to an irregular heartbeat.
    — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Niezgoda underwent an ablation procedure on Jan. 30, and his time for return was up to three three weeks.
    — oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Another approach being applied in new ways is called nerve ablation, a procedure in which the nerves around an area of pain are numbed with medication and then purposely damaged.
    — Rachael Rzasa Lynn, The Conversation, 25 July 2024
  • Those that do not go into remission or those that cannot take medication can be treated with radioactive iodine ablation or surgery to remove all or part of your thyroid gland, called a thyroidectomy, says Ogilvie.
    — Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 13 Aug. 2024

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