title: Self harm through foreign bodies ingestion - rare cause of digestive perforation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: "I. Juvara" Surgery Clinic, "Dr. I. Cantacuzino" Hospital, Bucharest.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petrea
authors.affiliation: "I. Juvara" Surgery Clinic, "Dr. I. Cantacuzino" Hospital, Bucharest.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brezean
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners; D011859:Radiography; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: foreign bodies; ingestion; self-harm