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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
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, Benedetta Peltristo, Francesco Mauro Junior Taddei, Giovanni Di Benedetto   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Hirudotherapy /Leech therapy: Applications and Indications in Surgery

Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery, 2012
Hirudotherapy (HT) is the application of medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) for therapeutic use. It is one of the oldest remedies, being employed by various medicinal practitioners.
Swaid Abdullah, Latief M. Dar, Adil Rashid, Anita Tewari   +3 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Hirudotherapy – a rare cause of pseudolymphoma [PDF]

Postepy Dermatologii I Alergologii, 2018
Joanna MAJ, Alina Jankowska-Konsur, Zdzisław Wozniak   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Diabetes and Delayed Wound Healing: Molecular Mechanisms and Dermatological Interventions. [PDF]

Int Wound J
ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus is a global burden that affects wound healing at nearly every stage, transforming what should be a coordinated and self‐limited repair process into a chronic, non‐healing state. In diabetic patients, sustained hyperglycemia drives persistent inflammation, impaired angiogenesis, fibroblast dysfunction and extracellular matrix ...
Jreije S, Fadel M, Karam C, Ghadieh HE, Ghanem A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Controversy: Hirudotherapy (Leech Therapy) as an Alternative Treatment for Osteoarthritis

Acta Medica Indonesiana, 2016
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease found in the elderly. Drug options that are recommended by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon (AAOS) are acetaminophen, NSAIDs, tramadol, capscaicin and intraarticular ...
Felicia Gunawan, Yossico R Wibowo, Nur C Bunawan, Jesse H Turner   +3 more
doaj   +6 more sources

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., Tillyaxodjayeva G., Akbarova M., Nuriddinov A., Sakkizboyev I.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case Reports and Experts Opinions about Current Use of Leech Therapy in Dermatology and Cosmetology

Cosmetics, 2022
This article aimed to determine the experts’ opinion on the use of hirudotherapy in cosmetology, to supplement knowledge, and to identify factors that, in the opinion of experts, affect the effectiveness and frequency of use of this method in eliminating
Ewelina Ząbkowska, Olga Czerwińska-Ledwig, Magdalena Bartnicka, Anna Piotrowska   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

People need freshwater biodiversity

WIREs Water, Volume 10, Issue 3, May/June 2023., 2023
Freshwater biodiversity (i.e., plants, animals, fungi, microbes, and other living things) provides a suite of critical ecosystem services to people. Collapses in freshwater biodiversity impact people, across all regions of the globe, rural–urban gradients, and the full socioeconomic spectrum, but perhaps most particularly indigenous and marginalized ...
Abigail J. Lynch, Steven J. Cooke, Angela H. Arthington, Claudio Baigun, Lisa Bossenbroek, Chris Dickens, Ian Harrison, Ismael Kimirei, Simone D. Langhans, Karen J. Murchie, Julian D. Olden, Steve J. Ormerod, Margaret Owuor, Rajeev Raghavan, Michael J. Samways, Rafaela Schinegger, Subodh Sharma, Ram‐Devi Tachamo‐Shah, David Tickner, Denis Tweddle, Nathan Young, Sonja C. Jähnig   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Larval Therapy and Vacuum‐Assisted Closure Therapy after Revascularization in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients with Ischemic Wounds

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Objective. Even for very successful peripheral revascularization therapy, treatment is not complete until the ulcerative, gangrenous, and infected wound is closed. This study was performed and compared the outcomes of vacuum‐assisted closure (VAC) and maggot debridement therapy (MDT) following peripheral revascularization to accelerate the wound ...
Ugur Cangel, Serhat Sirekbasan, Erdal Polat, Ronald Sherman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel bone marrow‐sparing treatment for primary erythrocytosis in a cat: Onion powder

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 1977-1980, July/August 2021., 2021
Abstract Primary erythrocytosis (PE) is a rare myeloproliferative neoplasm in cats resulting in the overproduction of erythrocytes. Current treatment modalities include repeated phlebotomy and chemotherapeutic drugs. These treatments may not be well tolerated by the cat and can present safety and financial challenges to owners. Because of the rarity of
Demitria M. Vasilatis, Jennifer E. McGill, Chen Gilor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source