Otorrhagia during robotic colorectal resection: a two case series and review of the literature
Michał Kazanowski, Paweł Lesiak, Bartosz Kapturkiewicz, Jędrzej Wierzbicki, Paweł Maciejewski, Marek Bębenek · 2026
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Michał Kazanowski and co-authors document in 2026 bleeding from the ear arising during robotic bowel surgery, an odd complication of operations done head-down with gas inflating the abdomen. Two patients at their centre developed it under only moderate tilting.
A 74-year-old woman bled from one ear during sigmoid colon removal, and scans plus ear examination found blood in the canal with eardrum injury. A 63-year-old man bled from both ears while waking after rectal surgery. Both recovered with conservative care and ear follow-up, keeping normal hearing. Earlier reports came mostly from bladder and gynaecology surgery under steeper tilt, so colorectal teams should know the risk too.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Michał Kazanowski, Paweł Lesiak, Bartosz Kapturkiewicz, Jędrzej Wierzbicki, Paweł Maciejewski, Marek Bębenek |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |