
We Asked, You Answered: Leeches in the Wild
To better serve you (and because we’re naturally curious), in January we posted a survey on our website asking about the use of leeches in modern medicine. Of those who have responded so far, most say their facilities do still use them. As proof, one of our account managers snapped this photo during a recent site visit.
Wound care is cited most often as the use for medicinal leeches; however, we find these uses equally intriguing:
• Stimulate blood flow at post-surgical sites
• Prevent blood clots and cancer research
• Amputations
• Trauma cases involving soft tissue, ulcers
• External infections
• Anticoagulant
• Remove excess blood from healing wounds, usually reattachment, i.e., torn ear lobe, finger
• Burn unit, usually frostbite
• To prevent skin graft rejection and in microvascular surgery
• On burn patients after skin grafts, sometimes after reattachments
We look forward to dissecting the complete list of responses to help guide future product offerings!