Prolonged bleeding due to a medicinal leech bite: Another treatment method, primary suture

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zengin, Suat ^a   Yarbil, Pinar ^b   Kilic, Hasan ^a   Al, Behçet ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sehitkamil State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ACNE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GAUZE DRESSING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LEECHING; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 84865327996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2012.5759     Document Type: Article

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