Full Procedure Video
A complete mastoidectomy procedure performed by an experienced ear surgeon and expert Visible Ear Simulator user (Mads Sølvsten Sørensen, MD, DMSc).
- Instrument handling and the procedural steps are demonstrated.
- You can watch it in its entirety or skip to steps that interest you the most.
- Timestamps mark the beginning of each tutorial step.
- We strongly recommend pausing and reading the onscreen tutorial at each new step.
- The text explains the systematic approach to safely identifying anatomical landmarks.
The video has timestamps that correspond to each Tutorial Step.
Watch on YouTube for easy navigation:
(click the timestamps to go to YouTube)
Timestamps / Tutorial Steps:
00:00 1. Define Initial Mastoidectomy Borders
01:00 2. Cortical Bone Removal (saucerization)
03:16 3. Antrostomy – Visualize the Incus
05:57 4. Thin the Bone covering the Sigmoid Sinus
09:13 5. Thin the Bone covering the Tegmen Mastoideum
11:05 6. Sharpen the Sinodural Angle
15:28 7. Open the Tympanic Attic (atticotomy)
18:13 8. Digastric Ridge to Stylomastoid Foramen
23:23 9. Thin the Posterior Canal Wall
27:13 10. Thin the Bone covering the Facial Nerve
29:23 11. Posterior Tympanotomy (facial recess approach)
35:09 12. Widen Posterior Tympanotomy – Identify Round Window 36:33 13. Round Window Exposure (in this case mostly performed in previous step)
36:54 14. Tutorial Complete. Bonus Cochlear Implantation Demonstration