How to Use ablation in a Sentence

ablation

noun

• 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
• 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
• The procedure is technically called a trans-cervical ablation, using an ultrasound probe, Ulrich said.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
• 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 | [e-mail], 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

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024