{"title":"Voluntary self-amputation of the colon.","authors":"Aldo Rossi, Beniamino Palmieri, Marzio Malagoli, Nicola Sforza, Marco Giacometti, Stefania Capone","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe an unusual case of self-amputation of a transanal prolapsed colorectal segment by a 48-year-old mentally impaired woman. The surgical procedure and favourable outcome are reported.</p>","PeriodicalId":75700,"journal":{"name":"Chirurgia italiana","volume":"61 5-6","pages":"691-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chirurgia italiana","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We describe an unusual case of self-amputation of a transanal prolapsed colorectal segment by a 48-year-old mentally impaired woman. The surgical procedure and favourable outcome are reported.