Microsurgical replantation and postoperative leech treatment of a large severed nasal segment.
J Plast Surg Hand Surg
; 46(6): 444-6, 2012 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-23088635
ABSTRACT
The survival of a microsurgically replanted segment of nose in a 41-year-old woman was facilitated by the assistance of the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis. An arterial microanastomosis was made to a severed partial segment of nose with no possibility of recreating a venous anastomosis. The resulting venous congestion was treated with nine days of treatment with a medical leech until venous neovascularisation had been achieved. At follow-up six months after discharge there was a well-heeled nasal segment and a satisfying functional - as well as cosmetic - result.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Métodos Terapêuticos e Terapias MTCI:
Terapias_biologicas
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Hirudoterapia
Assunto principal:
Reimplante
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Nariz
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Aplicação de Sanguessugas
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Amputação Traumática
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Plast Surg Hand Surg
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Dinamarca