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The-Real-Dr-Jan-Itor t1_irfpl5s wrote

A few nuances to this - medical leeches aren’t sterile. In fact they have bacteria that can cause serious infections, so patients are treated prophylactically with antibiotics when treated with leeches.

Also, leeches aren’t used for skin grafts, but instead flaps, or other tissues that have poor blood flow (they are used to drain congested tissues to prevent tissue death).

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