infracochlear approach for petrous apex cyst left ear surgery(2).flv

This is a surgery showing the drainage of a petrous apex cyst on the left side. Petrous apex is located in the center of the head behind the structures of the inner ear and the major blood vessels (Carotid artery and jugular vein). Its drainage is one of the more difficulty types of surgeries in ear surgery. This surgery is performed by Dr. Hamid Djalilian, the director of otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery at University of California Irvine

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• ear
• surgery
• petrous
• apex
• cholesterol
• granuloma
• cyst
• drainage
• otology
• neurotology
• skull
• base
• doctor
• dr
• hamid
• djalilian