TY - JOUR PY - 2013// TI - Seppuku: A modern approach to an ancient injury JO - Irish medical journal A1 - Richardson, A. J. A1 - Beddy, D. A1 - Larkin, J. O. A1 - Tevlin, R. SP - 211 EP - 212 VL - 106 IS - 7 N2 - A 67 year-old man with paraplegia and depression presented with self-inflicted evisceration and small bowel injury. Damage control surgery was undertaken at emergency laparotomy with definitive anastomosis performed at second-look laparotomy following 24 hours resuscitation in ICU. He had an uncomplicated post-operative course and was discharged to an inpatient psychiatric unit.
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