Larval therapy for leg ulcers (VenUS II) : randomised controlled trial [PDF]
BMJ, 2009 Objective To compare the clinical effectiveness of larval therapy with a standard debridement technique (hydrogel) for sloughy or necrotic leg ulcers. Design Pragmatic, three armed randomised controlled trial.
Bland, J. Martin +10 more
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Cost effectiveness analysis of larval therapy for leg ulcers [PDF]
BMJ, 2009 Objective: To assess the cost effectiveness of larval therapy compared with hydrogel in the management of leg ulcers. Design: Cost effectiveness and cost utility analyses carried out alongside a pragmatic multicentre, randomised, open trial with equal ...
Bland, J. Martin +7 more
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Larval therapy in complicated vascular wounds. [PDF]
Rev Esp Sanid PenitHerrero-Matías AM +2 more
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Lucillia Sericata larval therapy in the treatment of diabetic chronic wounds. [PDF]
J Diabetes Metab Disord, 2022 Wounds with dead tissue, purulent wounds, and gangrene are good options for larval therapy. We aim to investigate the effect of larval therapy on diabetic wounds and compare it with traditional treatment.The sterile larvae were used in wound treatment and the infection rate, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), and wound size were measured and ...
Jafari A +3 more
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Terapia larval no tratamento de feridas / Larval therapy in wound treatment [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Development, 2021 Introdução: A terapia de desbridamento com larvas baseia-se no uso de larvas de moscas para remover tecido necrótico e desinfetar feridas. Esse método remove eficientemente o tecido necrótico sem danificar as células saudáveis. Objetivo: Analisar os benefícios da terapia larval no tratamento de feridas.
Luciana Pinheiro Evangelista Monteiro +3 more
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Larval therapy in wound management: a review. [PDF]
International journal of clinical practice, 2007 Debridement is an essential component of wound care as the presence of devitalised tissue can impede the healing process. Larval therapy has been used for the debridement of wounds for several hundred years. A plethora of literature is available on larval therapy, but many authors acknowledge the paucity of large-scale clinical trials supporting its ...
A, Parnés, K M, Lagan
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Antibacterial Efficacy of Two Commercially Available Bacteriophage Formulations, Staphylococcal Bacteriophage and PYO Bacteriophage, Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Prevention and Eradication of Biofilm Formation and Control of a Systemic Infection of Galleria mellonella Larvae [PDF]
, 2020 Sessile bacteria growing on surfaces are more resistant to standard antibiotics than their planktonic counterpart. Due to their antimicrobial properties, bacteriophages have re-emerged as a promising approach to treat bacterial biofilm-associated ...
Di Luca, Mariagrazia +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Larval therapy (LT) is an alternative treatment for healing chronic wounds; its action is based on debridement, the removal of bacteria, and stimulating granulation tissue.
Andrea Díaz-Roa +8 more
doaj +1 more source
Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2023 The poor economic situation, ongoing political instability, and the 2020 Beirut explosion have seriously eroded the capacity of the Lebanese healthcare system.
Salman Shayya, Frank Stadler
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Estimation of life expectancy and measurement of immature stages of Lucilia sericata fed on three kinds of diets [PDF]
Journal of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, 2020 Background and Objectives: Finding the best diet is very important to rear Lucilia sericata larvae for therapeutic purposes and prepare standard curves in forensic entomology.
Omid Dehghan +6 more
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