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Comparative genomics suggests extensive antithrombotic gene expansion in Haemadipsa yanyuanensis. [PDF]
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Medicinal leech therapy (Hirudotherapy) : A brief overview
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 2010Hirudotherapy is a treatment using medicinal leeches. Hirudo medicinali, have been used to treat patients for centuries. In the past, leeches have proved to be an effective treatment for a number of conditions including battle wound treatment. Currently leeches may be used to assist in the treatment of abscesses, arthritis, glaucoma, myasthenia gravis,
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Analysis of antibiotic resistant infections associated with hirudotherapy
American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and SurgeryGiven rising concern regarding antibiotic resistance, our objective was to evaluate antibiotic-resistant infections following leech therapy and to characterize the use of prophylactic antibiotics.All reports of adverse events involving hirudotherapy (product code "NRN") were retrieved from the U.S.
Philip R, Brauer +4 more
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Hirudotherapy in Wound Healing
The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2020Leeches are hermaphrodite, bloodsucking parasitic worms usually found in places with fresh water. Leech therapy existed 3000 years, and it is being used at a different scope. Several species of leeches have been used in medicine, and the most common species used is Hirudo medicinalis.
Harikrishna K. R. Nair +6 more
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Hirudotherapy in veterinary medicine.
Annals of parasitology, 2014The saliva of medicinal leeches, e.g., Hirudo medicinalis and Hirudo verbana commonly used in hirudotherapy, contains more than 100 bioactive substances with various therapeutic effects, including anticoagulant, vasodilator, thrombolytic, anti-inflammatory and anaesthetic properties.
Natalia, Sobczak, Magdalena, Kantyka
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Hirudotherapy: Will The Glorious Past Return?
2017Hirudotherapy or leech therapy is a practice that dates back to the ancient ages, where it was employed as an alternative to phlebotomy. However, it has now made a space for itself in today’s modern world therapy after the discovery of several medicinal substances in its saliva which have anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antiseptic, anti-metastatic ...
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Medical Leech Therapy (Hirudotherapy)
2019Sülüklerhalkalı omurgasızlar sınıfındadır, kan ile beslenirler ve antik dönemden beriçeşitli hastalıkları tedavi etmek için flebotomide kullanılırlar. Hirudoterapi,tedavi için tıbbi sülüklerin uygulanmasıdır. Sülük tedavisinin terapötikkullanımı köklü bir yöntemdir ve eski Mısır'a, medeniyetin başlangıcınadayanır. 20.
KÜÇÜK, M.öner, YAMAN, Ozan
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HIRUDOTHERAPY IN RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY: CASE-REPORTS AND REVIEW.
Acta chirurgiae plasticae, 2021Medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis, Hirudo verbana) have been used in the field of medicine to treat various diseases for thousands of years. Popularity of their use changed over time and in Europe, it peaked at the beginning of the 19th century. In modern medicine, application of leeches on flaps with venous congestion was first used and described ...
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