Medicinal leeches for the treatment of venous congestion and hematoma after plastic reconstructive surgery.
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Abstract
Leeches were used for medical purposes as long as 2 000 years ago in ancient Egypt. In recent years the use of medicinal leeches became rather popular again, e. g. to improve blood circulation in ischemic tissue after reconstructive plastic surgery.
Bibliographical data
| Original language | German |
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| Article number | 11 |
| ISSN | 1610-0379 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| pubmed | 21182735 |
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