Self-Inflicted Hand Amputation without Replantation in a Patient with Body Integrity Identity Disorder: A Case Report.

Dipak B Ramkumar Marcel G Brown Chad Y Lewis Celestine E WarrenThomas A FortneyLance G Warhold

Published in: JBJS case connector (2021)

BIID is a challenging diagnosis that physicians treating traumatic injuries should be aware of. Many ethicists support elective amputation as a definitive treatment, because of potential harm reduction and because BIID does not respond to conservative modalities such as pharmacotherapy.

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