title: Medicinal leech therapy: an overview (continuing education credit).
abstract: Leech therapy has made a comeback as a legitimate form of therapy for treating venous congestion following grafts and replants. Complications caused directly by leech therapy are minimal, as are the risks, while the benefits can be revascularization of replanted tissue. Nurses are integral in preparing patients for leech therapy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kneer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004487:Edema / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007865:Leeches; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D009732:Nursing Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy