Efficacy and Safety of Hirudotherapy for Improving Sperm Quality Parameters in Male Infertility: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aims Male infertility, often characterized by impaired sperm parameters, remains a significant clinical challenge. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of hirudotherapy (medicinal leech therapy) in improving sperm quality ...
Mozhde‐Sadat Abtahi‐Forooshani +3 more
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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.
Dinusha Balasooriya +2 more
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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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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 +2 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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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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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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Hirudotherapy for Venous Congestion in an Almost Completely Avulsed Earlobe without Microsurgical Repair [PDF]
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2023 Summary:. Venous congestion is a frequent and challenging complication after re-attachment or replantation of avulsed tissues, body parts, and flaps. It is often the reason for failure.
Nikoletta Vargas, DMD, MS, PhD +3 more
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Leech therapy in the treatment of a penile haematoma in a stallion [PDF]
Veterinární Medicína, 2021 Treatment of penile haematomas includes conventional therapy and/or surgical intervention which may not always result in the recovery of all penile functions.
A Nowicki, J Jaworska, W Baranski
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