[Experimental study on relieving blood stasis of skin flaps using leeches].
Isolated congested flaps in lower abdomen of rats were treated by application a method of sucking blood with medical leeches. The results were shown that survival rate of sucking blood group was 93.9%, non-sucking blood group was only 14.3% and small incision bleeding group in which incision was rinsed by Heparin-physiological saline was 25%. It has proved that this method has a very good effect on relieving blood stasis of tissue. We think that this method can be put to use clinically.
Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital, Hubei Medical College, Wuhan.
J Q
JQ
Peng
D000818:Animals; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001815:Bloodletting / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D007865:Leeches; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013524:Surgical Flaps