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The closest modern medical operating room to you likely has live leeches on hand too. Looks like the tech never left > "Despite all the technical advances in m
by culi 3y ago
The closest modern medical operating room to you likely has live leeches on hand too. Looks like the tech never left
> "Despite all the technical advances in modern medicine, in certain post-surgical situations, we do still rely on one of nature’s most primitive organisms – the leech – to assist us in achieving a good outcome,” says Rod Rezaee, MD, UH otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon.
https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/articles/2020/03/how-leeches-can-save-lives-and-limbs-for-some-patients https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/articles/2020/03/how-leeche...