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Penile replantation using the leech Hirudo medicinalis
A J Pantuck1, M R Lobis, R Ciocca
1Division of Urologic, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903, USA.
Urology
|December 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 37-year-old chronic schizophrenic man underwent penile replantation after complete autoamputation using a kitchen knife. We report the first case of using medicinal leeches to salvage a penile replant after the development of postoperative venous congestion.