TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Self harm through foreign bodies ingestion - rare cause of digestive perforation
JO  - Journal of medicine and life
A1  - Petrea, S.
A1  - Brezean, I.
SP  - 246
EP  - 253
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
N2  - Self-harm is a rare pathology, often seen in psychiatric patients but more frequently in the penitentiary environment. Of the many possible forms of self-harm, foreign bodies (FB) ingestion is by far the most usual in the Romanian prison environment. The paper aims to present the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects arising as a consequence of the digestive tract perforations consequent upon foreign bodies ingestion; a number of 45 cases which occurred over a 7-year period (2003-2010) in "Rahova" Penitentiary Hospital, were analyzed. We also examined the surgical particularities of case resolution. ABBREVIATIONS: FB = foreign bodies, EEA = end-to-end anastomosis.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1844-122X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -