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The American Journal of Surgery, 1935
Abstract A survey has been made of the use of sterile blowfly maggots in surgery in the treatment of suppurative infections. The treatment has been given in every State in the United States and in Canada, and 605 surgeons have used the method upon 5750 cases. It has also spread to many other countries.
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Abstract A survey has been made of the use of sterile blowfly maggots in surgery in the treatment of suppurative infections. The treatment has been given in every State in the United States and in Canada, and 605 surgeons have used the method upon 5750 cases. It has also spread to many other countries.
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Pain related to maggot debridement therapy
Journal of Wound Care, 2012Objective: To summarise our experience with maggot debridement therapy (MDT) in relation to pain observed in patients treated in 16 departments and units of the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel. Method: A secondary analysis of data from 435 patients.
K Y, Mumcuoglu +3 more
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Maggot therapy for the treatment of intractable wounds
International Journal of Dermatology, 1999AbstractBackground Fly maggots have been known for centuries to help debride and heal wounds. Maggot therapy was first introduced in the USA in 1931 and was routinely used there until the mid‐1940s in over 300 hospitals. With the advent of antimicrobiols, maggot therapy became rare until the early 1990s, when it was re‐introduced in the USA, UK, and ...
K Y, Mumcuoglu +10 more
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[Maggot therapy in gynecology].
Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie, 2007Ancient societies recognised beneficial effects of certain fly larvae on wound healing. Nowadays, biosurgery with living maggots has proven very useful in the therapy of infected, necrotic, acute and chronic wounds. The larvae cause a rapid and selective wound debridement, a disinfective effect and rapid formation of granulation tissue and epithelium ...
D, Brüggmann +2 more
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A Review of the Use of Maggots in Wound Therapy
Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2008Chronic wounds have been defined as those that do not follow the orderly manner of healing, and thus do not achieve closure. Such wounds are notoriously difficult to treat and the number of treatments around attest to the fact that management of chronic wounds is not possible with one agent and definitely never achieves the most satisfactory results in
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Maggot Debridement Therapy in Malaysia
International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2021Harikrishna K R Nair +2 more
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