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Medicinal Leech Therapy: Friend or Foe
Plastic Surgical Nursing, 2016Leech therapy is the ancient practice of bloodletting or bloodsucking and is considered one of the oldest medical practices known. Its use has spanned centuries and is still used in plastic surgery practices today when performing free flaps and replants.
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The role of leech water sampling in choice of prophylactic antibiotics in medical leech therapy
Microsurgery, 2013AbstractMedical leech therapy (MLT) with Hirudo medicinalis is well established as a treatment for venous congestion of tissue flaps, grafts, and replants. Unfortunately, this treatment is associated with surgical site infections with bacterial species, most commonly Aeromonas hydrophila, which is an obligate symbiot of H. medicinalis. For this reason,
Amanda, Wilmer +4 more
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Journal of the history of dentistry, 2005
Bloodletting is an ancient procedure that was utilized for curing the ills of man. This article traces the use of leeches for bloodletting therapy from ancient Greek times to the Chapin Harris era in the 1840s to modern day usage by plastic surgeons. The leech is described as both a parasite and a therapeutic agent. The techniques used by both medicine
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Bloodletting is an ancient procedure that was utilized for curing the ills of man. This article traces the use of leeches for bloodletting therapy from ancient Greek times to the Chapin Harris era in the 1840s to modern day usage by plastic surgeons. The leech is described as both a parasite and a therapeutic agent. The techniques used by both medicine
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Contemporary Issues in Leech Therapy
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 1997J YATES, B MILLMAN, T ZIPFEL, C PHIPPS
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A Narrative Review of Leech Therapy
Kerala Journal of AyurvedaLeech therapy, or Jalaukavacharana in Ayurveda, is an ancient therapeutic practice utilizing medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) to treat various ailments by drawing impure blood and promoting healing. This method, detailed in classical Ayurvedic texts like the Sushruta Samhita, has a long history of use for treating blood-related disorders (Raktaja)
Beena K G, Sheba M D, Abdulshukkoor M M
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Leech Therapy Following Digital Replantation and Revascularization
Journal of Hand Surgery, 2020Michael C Daly +2 more
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