Literature DB >> 6743901

The salvage of congested skin flaps by the application of leeches.

A G Batchelor, P Davison, L Sully.   

Abstract

A series of seven patients with engorged skin flaps is reported. Application of leeches avoided the expected partial or complete loss of these flaps. Practical details of their application and the absence of complications are described and discussed.

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Year:  1984        PMID： 6743901     DOI： 10.1016/0007-1226(84)90079-1

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Br J Plast Surg        ISSN： 0007-1226


  5 in total

1.  Leechcraft.

Authors:  S J Eccles; P E Butler
Journal:  J R Soc Med       Date:  2001-04       Impact factor: 5.344

2.  The use of leeches for treatment of venous congestion of the nipple following breast surgery.

Authors:  M P Gross; J Apesos
Journal:  Aesthetic Plast Surg       Date:  1992       Impact factor: 2.326

Review 3.  Leech therapeutic applications.

Authors:  A M Abdualkader; A M Ghawi; M Alaama; M Awang; A Merzouk
Journal:  Indian J Pharm Sci       Date:  2013-03       Impact factor: 0.975

4.  Infections following the application of leeches: two case reports and review of the literature.

Authors:  Benjamin Maetz; Ralph Abbou; Jean Baptiste Andreoletti; Catherine Bruant-Rodier
Journal:  J Med Case Rep       Date:  2012-10-25

5.  The effect of anchoring sutures on medicinal leech mortality.

Authors:  Victor J Davila; Ian C Hoppe; Rocco Landi; Frank S Ciminello
Journal:  Eplasty       Date:  2009-07-21
  5 in total

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