lateral temporal bone resection1

This is a surgery showing a lateral temporal bone resection. This surgery is performed to remove the ear canal in its entirety in one piece for cancers of the ear canal. These cancers tend to occur in patients with chronic ear canal infections, those with significant sun exposure, or previous radiation therapy. This surgery is performed by Dr. Hamid Djalilian, the director of otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery at University of California Irvine