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 surgery was performed by a multidisciplinary team of wildlife health experts from the San Diego Z...
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-07-kind-surgery-western-lowland-gorilla.html)