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Medicinal Leech Therapy

  • Namias N
Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care (2007) 63(5) 1191
DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31814224ff
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Abstract

The article discusses the risks and benefits of hirudotherapy or medicinal leech therapy. Topics include the most frequently used leech species which is hirudo medicinalis due to its most extended postbite bleeding time, how to initiate and monitor this treatment, and the potential future uses of hirudotherapy including cancer pain management and osteoarthritis treatment.

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Namias, N. (2007). Medicinal Leech Therapy. Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care, 63(5), 1191. https://doi.org/10.1097/ta.0b013e31814224ff

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