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Mastoidectomy involves removal of the bone volume highlighted in yellow. Several critical structures lie near the volume to be milled, including the facial nerve, chorda tympani, internal auditory canal, sigmoid sinus, etc. Damage to these critical structures causes complications for the patient. Note: the segmentation on the right has been rotated for ease of visualization
