a chronic wound is a wound that does not heal in an orderly set of stages and in a predictable amount of time or wounds that do not heal within three months are often considered chronic. chronic wounds often remain in the inflammatory stage for too long and may never heal or may take years. chronic wound patients often report pain as dominant in their lives. persistent pain is the main problem ...

The aim of the study was to investigate condition connectome in patients with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerotic stenosis more than 60% when using hirudotherapy. Materials and research methods. examination results 15 aged 60 82 years range 60-75% were analyzed. underwent a course hirudotherapy 10 sessions. All structural functional magnetic resonance imaging statistical data analysis at rest,...

A written informed consent should be obtained from the patient before hirudotherapy is initiated. The patients should be treated each day of leech therapy with anti-Aeromonas antibiotics. Leeches should be applied on the darker spots of the reattached body parts or flaps. Usually 1-10 leeches are used for each treatment, while at the beginning, the patient might need two or more treatments per ...

Background: The most frequent and recurring type of leg ulcers seen in general practise is a venous ulcer (stasis ulcer). Its neglect has considerable negative influence on quality life, might result gangrene, may necessitate amputating the affected limb. serious incapacitating complication chronic insufficiency ulcer. conventional system medicine offers limited clinical evidence for its effect...

Every 30 seconds, a lower limb amputation is carried out due to diabetes throughout the world. The mortality rate due to diabetic foot gangrene is just next to that of cancer. As tissue death cannot be reversed, surgical removal of the affected tissue (debridement) or amputation of the limb is the only treatment option left when gangrene has advanced. The present case study illustrates an optio...