Indications for replantation in psychiatric patients exemplified by hand replantation in a patient with schizophrenia
Ahmadi, A.; Hirschberg, E.
Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse Organ der V. 22(1): 46-48
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0722-1819 PMID: 1968877 Document Number: 361606
After evaluating all criteria known about indications for replanting severed extremities, we found that mental retardation (with the exception of some conceivable isolated cases) and mental illness, i.e. psychosis, can no longer be considered absolute contraindications for replantation measures, due to the adequate therapeutic possibilities that are currently available.