[Leeching in the treatment of chronic inflammatory and dystrophic diseases of the salivary glands].
Twenty patients with chronic inflammatory and dystrophic diseases of the salivary glands (sialadenitis, sialadenosis) were examined and treated using hirudotherapy. Positive clinical shifts were observed in 50% patients; the most pronounced therapeutic effect was observed in patients with sialadenosis. Hirudotherapy was ineffective in patients with chronic parenchymatous parotitis paralleled by Sjogren's syndrome.
Abal'masov
D V
DV
Afanas'ev
V V
VV
Pozharitskaia
M M
MM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D024763:Leeching; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome