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ReviewIntegrative medicine research2017

Medicinal leech therapy-an overall perspective.

Ali K Sig, Mustafa Guney, Aylin Uskudar Guclu, Erkan Ozmen

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Review in Integrative medicine research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
67citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Infections following medical leech therapy for rhizarthrosis: a case series.Case reports in plastic surgery & hand surgery · 2026
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  12. Medicinal Leech Therapy in Acute Herpes Zoster Condition- A Case Report.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025
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7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ali K SigErzurum Public Health Laboratory, Public Health Institution of Turkey, Erzurum, Turkey.
Mustafa GuneyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Gulhane Medical Faculty, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
Aylin Uskudar GucluDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Gulhane Medical Faculty, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
Erkan OzmenDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TRAtatürk University · TRErzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complementary medicine methods have a long history, but modern medicine has just recently focused on their possible modes of action. Medicinal leech therapy (MLT) or hirudotherapy, an old technique, has been studied by many researchers for possible effects on various diseases such as inflammatory diseases, osteoarthritis, and after different surgeries.

Indexed as

Hirudo medicinalishirudotherapyleech

Identifiers

PMID29296560
PMCPMC5741396
OpenAlexW2743397125

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