Hirudotherapy in reconstructive surgery: Case-reports and review

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00159816:_____/20:00074061

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.prolekare.cz/en/journals/acta-chirurgiae-plasticae/2020-3-4-3/hirudotherapy-in-reconstructive-surgery-case-reports-and-review-125936" target="_blank" >https://www.prolekare.cz/en/journals/acta-chirurgiae-plasticae/2020-3-4-3/hirudotherapy-in-reconstructive-surgery-case-reports-and-review-125936</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Hirudotherapy in reconstructive surgery: Case-reports and review

Original language description

Medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis, Hirudo verbana) have been used in the field of medicine to treat various diseases for thousands of years. Popularity of their use changed over time and in Europe, it peaked at the beginning of the 19th century. In modern medicine, application of leeches on flaps with venous congestion was first used and described by Deganc and Zdravic in 1960. A certain renaissance of leech use is currently taking place, especially in the field of reconstructive surgery. In general, use of leeches is indicated during critical post-operative period, in which the microcirculation and veins are incapable of sufficient drainage of venous blood, which can lead to stagnation of circulation in tissues at all levels, clinically manifested as a change in color and turgor of the flap. If this venostasis is not recognized in time and treated adequately, tissue necrosis can develop. Medicinal leeches can be used in venous drainage disorders after a replantation of fingers, auricles, lips and parts of the nose. In head and neck reconstructive surgery, there are many studies that confirm the success rate of hirudotherapy in hematoma evacuation or in dealing with complications after scalp replantation and transfers of free and pedicled flaps. Leech application therapy can also be indicated as a part of non-surgical methods that improve conditions of the venous system.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30212 - Surgery

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta chirurgiae plasticae

ISSN

0001-5423

e-ISSN

1805-4404

Volume of the periodical

62

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3-4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

95-102

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85102712522