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The Effect of Anchoring Sutures on Medicinal Leech Mortality

Objective: The implementation of leech therapy for surgical flaps is not always logistically easy or comfortable for patients or healthcare providers. We examine different methods of placing sutures in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, to make the implementation of leech therapy easier. Metho...

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Autores principales: Davila, Victor J., Hoppe, Ian C., Landi, Rocco, Ciminello, Frank S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Open Science Company, LLC 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2714198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19696874