Self-surgery: removal of ankle surgical implants--A case report
Moholkar, K.; Krishnan, J.; Sampson, B.
Medgenmed Medscape General Medicine 2(3): E41
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 1531-0132 PMID: 11104487 Document Number: 518189
Self-surgery is rare, but numerous cases of self-mutilation are reported in the literature (eg, castration, enucleation of an eye, and amputation of a limb).[1] We have found no previous reports in the literature of a patient who has performed self-surgery to remove fracture fixation implants.
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