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The use of leeches in a case of post-operative life-threatening macroglossia
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|May 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case of severe macroglossia, following intraoral surgery, causing respiratory distress is described. Because conventional therapy appeared inadequate, leeches were used and proved an efficient method of reducing this life-threatening swelling of the tongue.