UCSD surgeons perform first-of-its-kind operation on San Diego Safari Park gorilla

The 12-year-old gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park seemed to struggle to open his mouth. Mizani avoided eating and ...

First-reported mastoidectomy performed on gorilla at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

The surgery was performed by a team of wildlife health experts from the Safari Park and surgeons from UC San Diego Health.

San Diego Zoo gorilla undergoes groundbreaking mastoidectomy

A 12-year-old lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park underwent a successful mastoidectomy to treat an infection that had spread into parts of his skull, marking the first surgery of its kind ...

Zoo Gorilla Has First-of-Its-Kind Surgery for Chronic Ear Infection

The first mastoidectomy performed on a gorilla took place in San Diego, Calif., in March ...
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First-of-its-kind surgery performed on western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Mizani, a 12-year-old male western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, underwent a first-of-its-kind mastoidectomy to treat an infection that had spread into portions of his skull. The ...