Leech therapy in the management of acute venous congestion of an infant's lower limb

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1611-1614

  Weinfeld, Adam B ^a   Kattash, Maan ^a   Grifka, Ronald ^a   Friedman, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; ILIAC VEIN; INFANT; LEECH; LIMB SALVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEECHES; LEG; LIGATION; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0031751527     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199810000-00042     Document Type: Article

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