The use of leeches for treatment of venous congestion of the nipple following breast surgery

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 343-348

  Gross, Michael P ^a   Apesos, James ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Leech biology; Leech history; Leeches; Nipple venous engorgement

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEECH; MICROSURGERY; NIPPLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE NECROSIS; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOODLETTING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEECHES; MAMMAPLASTY; NIPPLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0026466947     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: 14325241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01570698     Document Type: Article

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