title: Use of the local leech Hirudo michaelseni in reconstructive plastic and hand surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pretoria.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Van Wingerden
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Oosthuizen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006085:Graft Survival; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007865:Leeches / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry; D013019:South Africa; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps