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The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 2009
Due to rising health care costs and resistance to antibiotics, maggot débridement therapy may regain popularity. Nurses must learn about this unusual therapy and be prepared to assist patients who want to try it. J Contin Educ Nurs 2009;40(1):14–15.
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Due to rising health care costs and resistance to antibiotics, maggot débridement therapy may regain popularity. Nurses must learn about this unusual therapy and be prepared to assist patients who want to try it. J Contin Educ Nurs 2009;40(1):14–15.
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Maggot Therapy for Wound Management
Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 2009Maggot therapy has been used for centuries. In the 1500s, Ambroise Pare observed that maggots helped accelerate wound healing.1 During the American Civil War, Confederate medical officer Joseph Jones also observed the benefits of maggot infestation in wounds.
Susan, Hunter +4 more
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Maggot débridement therapy in outpatients
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2001To identify the benefits, risks, and problems associated with outpatient maggot therapy.Descriptive case series, with survey.Urban and rural clinics and homes.Seven caregivers with varying levels of formal health care training and 21 ambulatory patients (15 men, 6 women; average age, 63 yr) with nonhealing wounds.Maggot therapy.Therapists' opinions ...
R A, Sherman +4 more
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Maggot Therapy for Subacute Mastoiditis
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1976We describe a patient with intractable subacute mastoiditis who was treated successfully by maggot therapy. Maggot debridement of intractable wounds was very successful before the introduction of antibiotics. We describe the indications for use, materials and methods for the rearing of sterile larvae, the modes of action, and the complications of ...
K L, Horn, A H, Cobb, G A, Gates
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Maggot-therapy in veterinary medicine
Research in Veterinary Science, 2008Maggot-therapy is the application of disinfected fly larvae to chronic wounds to debride the wound bed of necrotic tissue, reduce bacterial contamination and enhance the formation of healthy granulation tissue. Interest in the use of maggot-therapy in human medicine is growing as a result of the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Jones, G, Wall, R
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Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing, 2008
A 59-year-old woman arrived at Vancouver General Hospital after a motor vehicle accident in which she sustained massive degloving injuries to both lower extremities. Due to her faith (she is a Jehovah's Witness), traditional interventions such as surgical debridement and revision were not possible and consent to receive blood products was not provided.
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A 59-year-old woman arrived at Vancouver General Hospital after a motor vehicle accident in which she sustained massive degloving injuries to both lower extremities. Due to her faith (she is a Jehovah's Witness), traditional interventions such as surgical debridement and revision were not possible and consent to receive blood products was not provided.
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Maggot Debridement Therapy for Laminitis
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, 2010Maggot debridement therapy is a nontraumatic, minimally invasive method to treat infections in a foot compromised by chronic laminitis. A mechanical strategy must first be in place to address the instability of the distal phalanx and hoof capsule. Adverse reactions to maggot debridement therapy are uncommon and the only side effect observed has been ...
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Archives of Otolaryngology, 1977
In Reply.—We note that while Dr Lewy's 1937 experience with the topical use of 2% urea in the treatment of fetid necrotic wounds is interesting, his conjecture that this would have been as effective as maggot therapy in our case is curious indeed, particularly when only 9 of his 17 patients so treated showed any measureable improvement.
GEORGE A. GATES +2 more
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In Reply.—We note that while Dr Lewy's 1937 experience with the topical use of 2% urea in the treatment of fetid necrotic wounds is interesting, his conjecture that this would have been as effective as maggot therapy in our case is curious indeed, particularly when only 9 of his 17 patients so treated showed any measureable improvement.
GEORGE A. GATES +2 more
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Maggot Debridement Therapy in the Palliative Setting
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 2007Success rates of Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT) differ, but range from 70% to 80%. In this article it is argued that wound closure is not always feasible and is not always the aim of the treatment. A patient is described in whom the intent of MDT was not wound closure, but infection removal, reduction of odor, and eventually prevention of a below ...
Pascal, Steenvoorde +3 more
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Maggot Debridement Therapy for Chronic Wounds
The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2002This article presents a general overview of maggot debridement therapy, as used in the management of chronic infected wounds. Much has been written about this treatment method, both historically and in the past decade. Current clinical practice is discussed and clinical and laboratory research are reviewed, with attention to the inherent challenges of ...
J C T, Church, M, Courtenay
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