Medicinal leeches are a US Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for venous
congestion in graft tissue to promote healing and can serve as a nonsurgical option for …

Objectives To this day, a standardized protocol for medicinal leech therapy does not exist.
The purpose of this article was to review literature in the hope of proposing a unified …

Although leech therapy is a well-established, effective method of relieving venous
congestion, it is associated with complications such as wound infection and leech migration …

Background: Although there are numerous case reports and small case series describing
the experiences of leech therapy in various circumstances, there are relatively few large …

A written informed consent should be obtained from the patient before hirudotherapy is
initiated. The patients should be treated each day of leech therapy with anti-Aeromonas …

The use of Hirudo medicinalis in clinical practice has increased in recent years. The primary
indication in plastic surgery has traditionally been venous congestion. However, other …

Background: 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, eg …

The medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, played a central role in the evolution of medieval
and folk medicine. Today, for the first time in history, the leech actually has a real and …

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The medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, is an excellent example of the use of invertebrates
in the treatment of human disease. Utilized for various medical indications since the ancient …