Using leeches to reconstruct surface

The surgeons in Sweden have used hundreds of leeches to attach the face to a woman after his side were crushed dog bites.

The face of the woman leaving a large chunk bitten when she was a dog attack. Terrible wound extending from the upper lip to the eyes. When she was taken to the hospital, relatives are keeping the flesh was torn and it is kept cold.

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Doctors at the hospital Skane, Malmo (southern Sweden) and then proceed to leave the meat attached with the help of the leech 358. Buddy is a growing support for the hospital garden. Dr. Stina Klasson said: "The most important thing is the flood leeches have been pumping blood to flow into the meat left. It took us an hour to do this when the surgery began. "

In the complicated surgery lasted 15 hours, the doctor revised the lips, nose and cheek to the woman.The doctors said the surgery was successful, but patient anonymity will continue to undergo several corrective surgeries in the future.

Another doctor said: "The results of surgery are good, all the nose was saved. The patient can breathe, eat and talk. "