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Patient acceptability of larval therapy for leg ulcer treatment: a randomised survey to inform the sample size calculation of a randomised trial

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2006
Background A trial was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of larval therapy to debride and heal sloughy and necrotic venous leg ulcers. Larval therapy in the trial was to be delivered in either loose or bagged form.
Iglesias CP, Spilsbury K, O'Meara S, Petherick ES, Nelson EA, Torgerson DJ   +5 more
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Evaluation of the Larval Therapy in the Healing Process of Infected Wounds with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Rabbits [PDF]

Revista Ciencias de la Salud, 2008
Introduction. During the last two decadesthe larval therapy has reemerged as a safe andreliable alternative for the healing of cutaneousulcers that do not respond to the conventionaltreatments.Objective.
Mauricio Rey, Adriana Castañeda, Juliana González, Víctor Acero, Alexandra Segura, Cristina Zapata, María A. Gaona, Dora Ríos, Felio J. Bello   +8 more
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RETRACTED: Curcumin-Injected Musca domestica Larval Hemolymph: Cecropin Upregulation and Potential Anticancer Effect

Molecules, 2022
Over recent decades, much attention has been given to imply the natural products in cancer therapy alone or in combination with other established procedures.
Shaymaa Mahmoud, Sobhy Hassab El-Nabi, Asmaa Hawash, Hesham R. El-Seedi, Shaden A. M. Khalifa, Sami Ullah, Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi, Islam M. El-Garawani   +7 more
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Larval therapy from the patient’s perspective

ESTIMA, Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy, 2020
Objective: to describe the perception of the patient undergoing larval therapy. Method: qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study, using oral history as a data collection technique and methodological framework, in the form of oral life history. Six patients with difficult-to-heal wounds participated in the study, followed by the dressing committee of ...
Simone Maria da Silva, Rejane Medeiros Millions, Rita de Cássia Almeida, João Evangelista da Costa   +3 more
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Refining the Galleria mellonella Model by Using Stress Marker Genes to Assess Clostridioides difficile Infection and Recuperation during Phage Therapy

Microorganisms, 2020
The Galleria mellonella is an effective model for probing Clostridioides difficile interactions with phages. Despite valuable insights from this model, the larvae are not easily amenable to assessing detailed clinical responses to either bacteria or ...
Janet Y. Nale, Mahananda Chutia, Jeffrey K. J. Cheng, Martha R. J. Clokie   +3 more
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Cost effectiveness analysis of larval therapy for leg ulcers [PDF]

BMJ, 2009
To assess the cost effectiveness of larval therapy compared with hydrogel in the management of leg ulcers.Cost effectiveness and cost utility analyses carried out alongside a pragmatic multicentre, randomised, open trial with equal randomisation. Population Intention to treat population comprising 267 patients with a venous or mixed venous and arterial
Soares, Marta O., Iglesias, Cynthia P., Bland, J. Martin, Cullum, Nicky, Dumville, Jo C., Nelson, E. Andrea, Torgerson, David J., Worthy, Gill, On behalf of the VenUS II team   +8 more
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VenUS II: a randomised controlled trial of larval therapy in the management of leg ulcers

Health Technology Assessment, 2009
Objectives: To compare the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of larval therapy with a standard debridement technique (hydrogel). Design: A pragmatic, three-arm, randomised controlled trial with an economic evaluation.
JC Dumville, G Worthy, MO Soares, JM Bland, N Cullum, C Dowson, C Iglesias, D McCaughan, JL Mitchell, EA Nelson, DJ Torgerson   +10 more
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Giant primary hydatid cyst of the adrenal gland: A rare case report

Urology Case Reports, 2021
Hydatid disease (HD) is a parasitic endemic zoononis in Tunisia, caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus Granulosus (EG).Adrenal glands are an uncommon and rare location for hydatid cysts, even in endemic areas, and primary adrenal cysts are ...
Houcine Bouchaala, Ibrahim Mejdoub, Mohamed Amine Mseddi, Omar Kammoun, Nouri Rebai, Mourad Hadj Slimen   +5 more
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Galectin 1 and Superoxide Dismutase are Involved in Wound Healing by Larval Therapy [PDF]

Journal of Genetic Resources, 2019
Galectin-1 and superoxide dismutase are two known molecules in the wound healing process that induce such healing by different mechanisms in the wound site. Larval therapy is one of the methods use by Lucilia sericata fly larvae, nowadays returned to the
Shadi Riki, Mohammad Ali Sabokkhiz, Toktam Hajar, Madjid Momeni-Moghaddam   +3 more
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Clinical and epidemiological aspects and acceptability of larval therapy in patients with chronic wounds

Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 2023
Objective: To evaluate the epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with wounds and acceptability to Larval Therapy (LT). Method: Followed 15 patients with chronic wounds and recorded in clinical records. Results: Patients didn’t know LT.
Taís Paim Fidalgo do Nascimento, Ana Carolina Medeiros Debelian, Tomás Cardoso Yokozawa, Wellington Thadeu de Alcantara Azevedo, Valéria Magalhães Aguiar, Cláudia Soares Santos Lessa   +5 more
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