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When Mental Illness Affects Post-Surgical Recovery

Recently I heard about a patient who was involved in a motor vehicle accident. He suffered a major pelvic injury and required surgery to fix his pelvis. His only other medical history was that he suffered from significant anxiety and panic disorder.

A few days after his surgery he became very agitated and was apparently found in his room on his feet. The problem was that his surgeon instructed him to not bear weight on his affected side. Thus, the patient was probably affecting the surgical repair when he was up on his feet. Read more →