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AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2009
Leech therapy is experiencing a resurgence in health care today, primarily in plastic and reconstructive surgery as a treatment for venous congestion, which can threaten surgical outcomes. Most nurses have had no formal training in administering the therapy or in maintaining Hirudo medicinalis, the species of freshwater worm used therapeutically.
Mary Ann, Yantis +2 more
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Leech therapy is experiencing a resurgence in health care today, primarily in plastic and reconstructive surgery as a treatment for venous congestion, which can threaten surgical outcomes. Most nurses have had no formal training in administering the therapy or in maintaining Hirudo medicinalis, the species of freshwater worm used therapeutically.
Mary Ann, Yantis +2 more
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Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis, 1991
Venous congestion is a constant threat in the survival of free flaps, pedicled flaps, tissue replantations and traumatized tissue. Leech therapy has proved effective in salvaging much of these compromised tissues. To be effective, leeches must be both readily available and hungry, requirements not always easily met. Our investigation seeks to establish
B R, West, L S, Nichter, D, Halpern
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Venous congestion is a constant threat in the survival of free flaps, pedicled flaps, tissue replantations and traumatized tissue. Leech therapy has proved effective in salvaging much of these compromised tissues. To be effective, leeches must be both readily available and hungry, requirements not always easily met. Our investigation seeks to establish
B R, West, L S, Nichter, D, Halpern
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Utilization of Leech Therapy after Rhinoplasty
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 2022Background: The use of medicinal leeches in modern reconstructive surgery is well-described. Leech therapy after rhinoplasty has not been previously well-characterized. Methods: The medical records of all patients who underwent open rhinoplasty by a single surgeon over a 4-year ...
Julie P, Shtraks +2 more
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Leech Therapy in Digital Replantation
AORN Journal, 1995ABSTRACTThis article presents a protocol for the perioperative care of patients undergoing digital replantation, which is the most common microsurgical procedure performed today. Venous congestion, a common complication of digital replantation, often has been treated through surgical exploration and creation of arteriovenous anastomosis. Leech therapy,
M A, Golden, J J, Quinn, M T, Partington
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1994
Tissues threatened by venous congestion often can be saved by timely leech therapy. Methods to restimulate sated leeches, particularly emergently, are only poorly described in the nineteenth-century literature. Sated leeches were purged of their blood meals by (1) posterior crop incision, (2) hypertonic saline (3 percent) immersion, (3) gentle finger ...
B R, West, L S, Nichter, D E, Halpern
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Tissues threatened by venous congestion often can be saved by timely leech therapy. Methods to restimulate sated leeches, particularly emergently, are only poorly described in the nineteenth-century literature. Sated leeches were purged of their blood meals by (1) posterior crop incision, (2) hypertonic saline (3 percent) immersion, (3) gentle finger ...
B R, West, L S, Nichter, D E, Halpern
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Leech Therapy for Complex Facial Lacerations
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2020Abstract Facial trauma can pose challenging reconstructive obstacles in both maintaining tissue viability and restoring aesthetic appearance. Medicinal leech therapy can help to promote vascular decompression in the setting of venous congestion.
Cohn, Jason E +5 more
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Leech Therapy in Reconstructive Maxillofacial Surgery
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2012Corrective plastic surgery is indicated after accidents, burns, cancer surgery, or postoperative wound healing disorders with large tissue defects. The range of reconstructive techniques includes local skin flaps, pedicle grafts, and microvascular anastomosed flaps in the case of large defects.
Alexander, Gröbe +5 more
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Medicinal Leech Therapy: A Case Study
Orthopaedic Nursing, 1989Essential to the outcome of the replantation of digits is adequate arterial inflow and venous outflow. A nonoperative solution to the problem of venous insufficiency is leeching. The leech relieves venous congestion while attached, as the hirudin released by the leech continues to decongest the digit for 1-2 more hours.
C A, Baker, D A, Nayduch
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Leech Therapy Following Digital Replantation and Revascularization
The Journal of Hand Surgery, 2020Venous congestion after digital replantation or revascularization threatens digit survival in the immediate postoperative period. External bloodletting, including leech therapy, provides a central role in salvage of the congested finger. Although there have been previous studies describing the initiation of leech therapy for digits experiencing venous ...
Brent B, Pickrell +5 more
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