title: [Leeching in the treatment of chronic inflammatory and dystrophic diseases of the salivary glands].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Abal'masov
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Afanas'ev
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pozharitskaia
mesh_terms: 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