TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - A very unusual case of attempted suicide
JO  - Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska
A1  - Misiak, Piotr
A1  - Jabłoński, Sławomir
A1  - Dziwińska, Katarzyna
A1  - Terlecki, Artur
SP  - 145
EP  - 147
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
N2  - We would like to present a case report of a very unusual suicide attempt. A 48-year-old female patient tried to commit suicide by stabbing herself with a kitchen knife into her neck. Suicide by self-stabbing is uncommon, constituting only 1-3% of suicide attempts. Patients with self-inflicted stab wounds may have a higher incidence of surgical interventions based on the stab location. Surprisingly, the mortality associated with this kind of wound is low. Most medical centers have very limited experience with this infrequent injury. There are only a few case reports and small series published in the literature of the subject.    KEYWORDS:  neck and mediastinum injuries; suicide<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1731-5530
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2016.61050
ID  - ref1
ER  -