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Clinical use of leeches in reconstructive surgery
S Daane1, S Zamora, W B Rockwell
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, USA.
American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
Although medicinal bloodletting with leeches is a practice that dates back 3500 years, leeches have been used in reconstructive surgery for only the past 35 years. In this article, the indications, mechanisms of action, and guidelines for using leeches in reconstructive surgery are reviewed.