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Nigar Z, Alam MA (2011) · Ancient Science of Life

Efficacy of leech therapy in the management of osteoarthritis (Sandhivata)

Rai PK, Singh AK, Singh OP, Rai NP, Dwivedi AK (2011) · Ayu

Medicinal leeches and the microsurgeon: a four-year study, clinical series and risk benefit review

Whitaker IS, Josty IC, Hawkins S, Azzopardi E, Naderi N, Graf J, Damaris L, Lineaweaver WC, Kon M (2011) · Microsurgery

Medicinal leeches for surgically uncorrectable venous congestion after free flap breast reconstruction

Pannucci CJ, Nelson JA, Chung CU, Fischer JP, Kanchwala SK, Kovach SJ, Serletti JM, Wu LC (2014) · Microsurgery

Hirudotherapy for limb ischemia in the pediatric intensive care unit: a retrospective observational cohort

Resch JC, Hedstrom R, Steiner ME, Said SM, Somani A (2023) · Frontiers in Pediatrics

Efficacy of Medicinal Leech Therapy in Diverse Clinical Applications: A Comprehensive Study from Azerbaijan

Farzali S, Yaraliyeva S, Huseynov F, Manafov A, Saglam N (2025) · Turkiye Parazitolojii Dergisi

Clinical Efficacy of Leech Therapy (Ta'liq al-'Alaq) in Eczema (Nar Farsi): An Open-Label Single-Arm Clinical Study

Ulla P BS, Aaisha B, Bokhari S, Zabiulla P, Alam MA, Nikhat S (2025) · Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Prophylactic versus reactive leech therapy for venous congestion after fingertip replantation: A retrospective comparative study and literature review

Kameda Y, Motomiya M, Watanabe N, Ota M, Iwasaki N (2025) · JPRAS Open

Standardized protocol for artery-only fingertip replantation

Buntic RF, Brooks D (2010) · The Journal of Hand Surgery

Hirudotherapy in Wound Healing

Nair HKR, Ahmad NW, Lee HL, Ahmad N, Othamn S, Mokhtar NSHM, Chong SSY (2020) · The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Determining the appropriate number and duration of leech therapy in congested tissues using tissue spectrophotometry and laser Doppler flowmetry

Rothenberger J, Petersen W, Schaller HE, Held M (2016) · Wound Repair and Regeneration

Infections Associated with Treatment with Hirudo medicinalis - Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature

Reese K, Gümbel D, Seifert J, Daeschlein G, Napp M, Ekkernkamp A (2015) · Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie

Analgesic effect of medicinal leeches in chronic diseases

Aminov R (2025) · Annals of Parasitology

The role of leech water sampling in choice of prophylactic antibiotics in medical leech therapy

Wilmer A, Slater K, Yip J, Carr N, Grant J (2013) · Microsurgery

Antimicrobial prophylaxis during Hirudo medicinalis therapy: a multicenter study

Kruer RM, Barton CA, Roberti G, Gilbert B, McMillian WD (2014) · Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Management of complications and compromised free flaps following major head and neck surgery

Kucur C, Durmus K, Uysal IO, Old M, Agrawal A, Arshad H, Teknos TN, Ozer E (2015) · European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Experience with pharmacologic leeching with bivalirudin for adjunct treatment of venous congestion of head and neck reconstructive flaps

Harun A, Kruer RM, Lee A, Boahene K, Byrne PJ, Richmon JD (2018) · Microsurgery

The Use of Medicinal Leeches for the Treatment of Venous Congestion in Replanted or Revascularized Digits

Arami A, Gurevitz S, Palti R, Menachem S, Berelowitz M, Yaffe B (2018) · Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume)

Leech Therapy in the Head and Neck

Moen G, Dillon J (2025) · Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Analysis of antibiotic resistant infections associated with hirudotherapy

Brauer PR, Saadah M, Fritz MA, Wu SS, Lamarre ED (2024) · American Journal of Otolaryngology

Effect of Perioperative Antithrombotics on Head and Neck Microvascular Free Flap Survival After Anastomotic Revision

Bishop JL, Vasudev M, Garcia N, Heslop G, Pham TT, Hicks MD, Chowdhury F, Grayson JW, Goddard JA, Tjoa T, Haidar Y, Thomas CM (2023) · Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (American Academy of Otolaryngology)

Efficacy of Bivalirudin for Therapeutic Anticoagulation in COVID-19 Patients Requiring ECMO Support

Trigonis R, Smith N, Porter S, Anderson E, Jennings M, Kapoor R, Hage C, Moiz S, Garcia J, Rahman O (2021) · Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Bivalirudin or heparin for systemic anticoagulation during pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Multicenter retrospective study

Hamzah M, Seelhammer TG, Beshish AG, Byrnes J, Yabrodi M, Szadkowski A, Lutfi R, Andrijasevic N, Hock K, Worley S, Macrae DJ (2023) · Thrombosis Research

Bivalirudin Monitoring in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Analysis of Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Data 2018-2022

Engel ER, Perry T, Block M, Palumbo JS, Lorts A, Luchtman-Jones L (2024) · Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Impact of inflammation and steroids on anti-coagulation in children supported on a ventricular assist device

Brandewie K, Lorts A, Luchtman-Jones L, Gao Z, Geer B, Villa C, Perry T (2024) · Journal of Artificial Organs

Improved outcomes with pulsatile paracorporeal ventricular assist device support in children: A single-center experience

Iaprintsev V, Fricke TA, Buratto E, Zubritskiy A, Perrier S, Eastaugh L, Barnes C, Sheridan B, Naimo PS, Brizard CP, Mathew J, Konstantinov IE (2025) · JTCVS Open

Comparison of two pediatric cases requiring the use of bivalirudin during cardiopulmonary bypass

Bryant ME, Regan WL, Fynn-Thompson F, Hoganson D, Nasr VG, Zaleski K, Faella K, Matte GS (2018) · Perfusion

Catheter-Directed Bivalirudin for Local Anticoagulation and Clot Dissolution in Children Requiring Mechanical Circulatory Support

Chaudhry-Waterman N, Schardt TQ, Soderstrom RM, Warren BB, Buckvold S, Morgan G, Kim JS (2025) · ASAIO Journal

Unani treatment and leech therapy saved the diabetic foot of a patient from amputation

Zaidi SM (2014) · International Wound Journal

Reconstruction of the soft tissue defects of foot and ankle with neural-island flaps: mono-institutional case series

Sonmez E, Safak T (2011) · Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Successful Microsurgical Replantation of Amputated Penis: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Akhoondinasab MR, Farahmand HR, Zahedi A, Saraee A (2023) · World Journal of Plastic Surgery

Anterior approach to posterior auricular artery in microvascular anastomosis - a new concept in replanting amputated ears - experience from four successful cases and literature review

Hong Ha N, Thanh Huyen TT (2025) · Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Reverse posterior interosseous flap for defects of the dorsal ulnar wrist using previously burned and recently grafted skin

Baylan JM, Chambers JA, McMullin N, Fletcher JL, Sinha I, Lundy J, King BT, Chan RK (2015) · Burns