Self-ingested intraduodenal foreign bodies – expectancy or surgical sanction? • JML Journal of Medicine and Life

2014, Volume 7, Issue 3, pp 421 – 427

Self-ingested intraduodenal foreign bodies – expectancy or surgical sanction?

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Petrea S

Brezean I

* *“I. Juvara" Surgery Clinic, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino" Hospital, Bucharest

Correspondence to:Sorin Petrea, MD “Dr. I. Cantacuzino" Hospital, 5-7 Ion Movila Street, 020475, Bucharest, Romania Phone: 021 2107100, Fax: 021 2106435, E-mail: sorinviorelpetrea@yahoo.com

Abstract

Self-harm is a frequent pathology amongst psychiatric patients and in the penitentiary environment. Multiple self-aggression types are described, but, by far, the practice most frequently met inside the Romanian penitentiary environment is foreign body (FB) ingestion. The paper aims to show aspects pertaining to the presence of intraduodenal foreign bodies, both in simple cases and in cases that ended with a perforation, using a number of 47 cases registered between 2003 and 2010 in “Rahova” Penitentiary Hospital. The paper also focused on particular aspects linked to intraduodenal foreign body surgical accessibility.

Abbreviations: FB=foreign bodies; OR=operating room; GEA=gastroenteroanastomosis

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self-harmingestionforeign bodies

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Article Publishing Date (print): 15-09-2014
Available Online: 25-09-2014

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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

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