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Terapia larval: protocolo básico de manutenção, desinfecção, transporte e aplicação de larvas de Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Entomological Communications, 2021
Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is an exotic blowfly in Brazil and it is considered one of the main species of medical-forensic importance.
Renata A. Gama, Paula B. T. Brambilla, Sarah R. A. Silva, Jucélia R. Medeiros, Jéssica T. Jales, Marília A. R. Q. Pinheiro, Julianny B. Ferraz, Renato Motta Neto, Taciano M. Barbosa   +8 more
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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, Seyed Mehdi Tabaie, Javad Rafinejad, Sahar Azarmi, Abbas Rahimi Forooshani, Atiyeh Rafinejad, Kamran Akbarzadeh   +6 more
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Development of bioactive electrospun scaffolds suitable to support skin fibroblasts and release Lucilia sericata maggot excretion/secretion

SN Applied Sciences, 2022
Larval therapy has been reported to be beneficial in the treatment of chronic wounds by promoting granulation tissue formation, due to its antimicrobial properties and by degrading necrotic tissue.
Annesi G. Giacaman, Ioanna D. Styliari, Vincenzo Taresco, David Pritchard, Cameron Alexander, Felicity R. A. J. Rose   +5 more
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The Ethics of Maggot Therapy

, 2022
Maggot therapy needs a social licence, which means that regulators, healthcare administrators, doctors, nurses, allied health providers, and patients must accept and support the treatment. Therefore, medicinal maggot production and maggot therapy must be
Stadler, Frank
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Clinical integration of maggot therapy

, 2022
The integration of maggot therapy into clinical practice is not a trivial undertaking as it has to overcome social, regulatory, clinical, organisational, financial, and supply-chain-technical barriers.
Sherman, Ronald A., Stadler, Frank, Bullen, Benjamin A., Bullen, Benjamin L, Sherman, Ronald A, Chadwick, Paul J., Chadwick, Paul J   +6 more
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Medicinal Maggot Production

, 2022
This chapter discusses the requirements for adult fly rearing, high-volume egg production, larval rearing and pupariation, and it explains the production of disinfected medicinal maggots for maggot therapy, the quality control procedures that are ...
Stadler, Frank, Takáč, Peter
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Clinical outcome of Maggot Debridement Therapy followed by Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for chronic hand wound with Multi-Drug Resistant Organism infection: Two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021
The advancement in science and research has led to development of medical maggots which feed exclusively on dead tissue. Medical maggots have three important functions namely debridement, disinfection, and stimulation of wound healing.
Zi Hao Phang, Saw Sian Khoo, Jayaletchumi Gunasagaran, Tunku Sara Tunku Ahmad   +3 more
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Establishment of a Medical Maggot Rearing Facility and Maggot Therapy Programme for Human and Veterinary Medicine in Kenya

, 2022
This case study describes the process and experience of establishing a maggot therapy programme in Kenya. Initially, the programme included a technology- and knowledge-transfer initiative which successfully developed production capacity and clinical ...
Chemuliti, Judith K., Kibiwott, Christopher K., Stadler, Frank, Takáč, Peter, Wanjerie, J. Kimani, Mukiria, Phoebe, Murilla, Grace A, Kozánek, Milan, Kinyos, Bernard Wanyonyi   +8 more
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Wound Aetiologies, Patient Characteristics, and Healthcare Settings Amenable to Maggot Therapy

, 2022
It is important for healthcare practitioners to understand when to use maggot therapy. This chapter explains the general factors that determine the choice of wound treatment and how they apply to maggot therapy: i) the wound characteristics, ii) the ...
Stadler, Frank, Sherman, Ronald A
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Bioprospecting and Testing of New Fly Species for Maggot Therapy

, 2022
Lucilia sericata, the green bottle blowfly, has a long history of clinical use and an excellent safety record which makes it safe for therapeutic clinical use.
Masiero, Franciéle Souza, Stadler, Frank, Thyssen, Patricia Jacqueline   +2 more
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