Hirudotherapy for limb ischemia in the pediatric intensive care unit: A retrospective observational cohort [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 BackgroundAcute limb ischemia due to microvascular malperfusion may be refractory to initial therapies. Medicinal leech therapy (hirudotherapy) has been attempted in plastic and reconstructive surgery to improve venous congestion in ischemic flaps ...
Joseph C. Resch +4 more
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Aeromonas hydrophila Infection following Leech Therapy for the Treatment of Nipple–Areola Complex Congestion after Breast Reduction: A Case Report [PDF]
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2023 Several strategies for the management of venous congestion of the nipple–areola complex (NAC) after reduction mammaplasty have been proposed. Among these, hirudotherapy represents an ancient but still effective method, even though the risk of infections ...
Matteo Torresetti +3 more
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Leech therapy of nipple‐areolar complex (NAC) congestion in reduction mammoplasty: A case report [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Leech therapy is a safe, easy‐to‐use, cost‐effective traditional treatment to save reattached body parts and flaps in reconstructive plastic surgery especially in cases with blood circulatory problems.
Narges Vasei, Katayoun Jahangiri
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Effects of hirudotherapy on liver functions, lipid profile, and insulin sensitivity in rats with metabolic syndrome [PDF]
BMC Complementary Medicine and TherapiesBackground Metabolic syndrome (METS) is a multifactorial cardiometabolic disorder characterized by abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia, substantially increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes and ...
Alican Bilden, Seda Kocak
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Wound healing potential of bark paste of Pongamia pinnata along with hirudotherapy: A case report [PDF]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2021 Chronic wound is one of a leading cause of amputation worldwide. Successful management of chronic wound has become a challenge to all existing medical systems across the world.
Deepthi Inoka Uluwaduge
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Systematic review of medicinal leech therapy in urology [PDF]
African Journal of Urology, 2023 Background Medicinal leech therapy, otherwise known as hirudotherapy or leeching, has been utilized for numerous pathologies over centuries. The technique resurfaced in modern medicine for its beneficial effects in microsurgical complications ...
Alexander O. Battin +2 more
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Diet on hirudoterapy to increase therapeutic effectiveness in hypertanic diseases [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2023 This article describes the experience of using hirudotherapy with a special diet. Patients were divided into sex and age groups, the effect of such therapy was monitored.
Fattakhov N. +4 more
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Leech Application-related Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report [PDF]
Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2023 Leech therapy (Hirudotherapy) is a method used in the treatment of many diseases since ancient times.Although many complications have been reported following the use of this method, no systemic life-threateningbleeding has yet been described.
Umit Dolek +3 more
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Scientometric analysis of medicinal leech therapy [PDF]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2020 Background: Hirudotherapy, also known as medicinal leech therapy, has been used to treat a wide range of disorders for thousands of years since Ancient Egypt.
Engin Şenel +2 more
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Rat peripheral blood leukocyte subset composition, hemogram, lymphoid organ and body morphometry after exposure to biologically active substances derived from Hirudo verbana saliva [PDF]
Инфекция и иммунитет, 2020 Medical community has noted that the prevalence of allergic diseases by steadily tends to rise resulting from using synthetic drugs ecological catastrophe.
R. F. Aminov +2 more
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