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A twelve-year-old gorilla named Mizani just pulled off a medical miracle—doctors at UC San Diego performed the first-ever mastoidectomy on a gorilla, tackling a severe ear and sinus infection that was making him unable to eat or open his mouth. Led by Dr. Jeffrey Harris and Dr. Kris Suresh, a team of over twenty specialists adapted human surgical techniques to fit Mizani’s unique anatomy, pulling off the five-hour procedure with zero complications. Now fully recovered and back with his troop, Mizani’s surgery marks a historic breakthrough in veterinary medicine—and proves that sometimes, the most unusual patients teach us the most.

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