TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Factitious disease in surgery. The problem of the self-induced disorder of wound healing
JO  - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
A1  - Krause, U.
A1  - Eigler, F. W.
SP  - 1379
EP  - 1385
VL  - 115
IS  - 37
N2  - Self-inflicted disorders of wound healing (lasting for 18 to 84 months and requiring 85 surgical interventions) were diagnosed in ten patients (8 women and 2 men, aged 29 years) nine of whom had undergone various operations. Retrospectively the indications for the primary operation (appendectomy in four, mastectomy, cholecystectomy, adnexectomy, removal of a lipoma and incision of a perineal abscess in one each) had not been unequivocal. One woman was also anorexic, two had "psychogenic seizures", and three had marital or partner problems. One man who had a self-inflicted skin emphysema committed suicide two years later, and one woman died of septicaemia after a self-induced wound healing disorder. The wound healing disorders finally healed in seven patients. Psychotherapy was successful in two patients.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0012-0472
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1065167
ID  - ref1
ER  -