Seppuku: a modern approach to an ancient injury.
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.
St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4. alexanderjohn.richardson@gmail.com
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D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D003106:Colon / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000601:surgery*