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Case Report: A case of aural myiasis in an elderly bedridden patient with newly diagnosed Parkinson's syndrome. [PDF]
Front SurgHao B, Sun Z, Peng C, Zhong K, Zhuo X.
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Maggot Debridement Therapy in Disaster Medicine [PDF]
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2015 AbstractBackgroundWhen disaster strikes, the number of patients requiring treatment can be overwhelming. In low-income countries, resources to assist the injured in a timely fashion may be limited. As a consequence, necrosis and wound infection in disaster patients is common and frequently leads to adverse health outcomes such as amputations, chronic ...
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Maggot Therapy for Foot and Leg Wounds
International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2002Maggot debridement therapy has been used for more than 70 years to treat nonhealing soft tissue wounds. Blowfly larvae are used to debride, disinfect, and promote healing of chronic wounds. The use of maggot therapy is on the rise, owing to recognized limitations in our current medical and surgical wound care options.
Ronald A Sherman
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Maggot debridement therapy: a systematic review
British Journal of Community Nursing, 2014Maggot debridement therapy is used extensively in the UK in both community and hospital situations, but remains a potentially under-used modality in many wound care markets. It promotes wound healing by performing three key processes: debridement, disinfection and growth-promoting activity.
Eric, Shi, David, Shofler
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An exploration of public perceptions and attitudes towards maggot therapy [PDF]
Journal of Wound Care, 2022 Objective:The aim of the study was to explore public opinion and perceptions of maggot therapy (larval therapy), a treatment option for hard-to-heal wounds.Method:The study used a mixed-method approach to obtain quantitative and qualitative data. A focus
Yamni Nigam, Rebecca Clifford
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2007
To establish a maggot debridement therapy unit and assess efficacy of this method in chronic conservative non-treatable leg ulcers in patient in whom conventional therapy failed.From August 2004 to December 2005 we treated with Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) 10 patients, 6 men and 4 women, with 13 leg ulcers treated first with conventional and then ...
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To establish a maggot debridement therapy unit and assess efficacy of this method in chronic conservative non-treatable leg ulcers in patient in whom conventional therapy failed.From August 2004 to December 2005 we treated with Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) 10 patients, 6 men and 4 women, with 13 leg ulcers treated first with conventional and then ...
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Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 2002
Treatment of chronic wounds of the lower extremity requires a systematic, multidisciplinary approach as well as flexibility in order to achieve acceptable, consistent short-term and long-term results. Maggots, once considered an obsolete therapeutic modality, can be a useful addition to the armamentarium of the foot and ankle specialist.
David G, Armstrong +5 more
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Treatment of chronic wounds of the lower extremity requires a systematic, multidisciplinary approach as well as flexibility in order to achieve acceptable, consistent short-term and long-term results. Maggots, once considered an obsolete therapeutic modality, can be a useful addition to the armamentarium of the foot and ankle specialist.
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Maggot Debridement Therapy in Malaysia
The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2020Maggot therapy, also known as maggot debridement therapy, larval therapy, biodebridement, or biosurgery, is a type of biotherapy involving the intentional application of live, disinfected fly larvae or maggots into the nonhealing wound of a human or animal to debride the necrotic wound, reduce bacterial contamination of the wound as well as enhance the
Harikrishna K. R. Nair +4 more
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Archives of Otolaryngology, 1977
To the Editor.—I read with interest the article by Horn and associates on maggot therapy for subacute mastoiditis that appeared in the June Archives (102:377-379, 1976). I was surprised that they fell back on this form of therapy, when urea therapy has been known and has been used for years.I refer to my preliminary work in the Archives (based on the ...
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To the Editor.—I read with interest the article by Horn and associates on maggot therapy for subacute mastoiditis that appeared in the June Archives (102:377-379, 1976). I was surprised that they fell back on this form of therapy, when urea therapy has been known and has been used for years.I refer to my preliminary work in the Archives (based on the ...
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