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Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2021 This case study describes how high school students can participate in research, development, and testing of real-life solutions for society’s most intractable problems.
Frank Stadler +20 more
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Using a combination therapy to combat scalp necrosis: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020 Background Chronic nonhealing wounds are very expensive to treat and debilitating, and they reduce health-related quality of life. Scalp necrosis is very rare due to its rich vascularity.
Kazem Hajmohammadi +3 more
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Vitamin K Antagonist-Induced Calciphylaxis in a Dialysis Patient With Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Multidisciplinary Case Report. [PDF]
Case Rep MedCalciphylaxis, or calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA), is a rare, life‐threatening syndrome characterized by microvascular calcification and cutaneous necrosis, predominantly affecting patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) on maintenance dialysis, particularly those exposed to vitamin K antagonists (VKAs).
Atawneh RAA, Algharib A, Möller R.
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Maggots therapy in facilitating wound debridement: Present status
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2014 An ancient remedy, Maggots debridement therapy was reintroduced by William. S. Baer, an orthopedic surgeon who worked at John Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore, Maryland. Maggot debridement therapy is a popular technique for wound debridement.
Nongmaithem Mackson Singh +2 more
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Maggot therapy for chronic ulcer: A retrospective cohort and a meta-analysis
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2014 Background/Objective: Maggot wound therapy (MWT) has been used in various wounds including diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, and acute surgical wounds. However, the efficacy of MWT therapy has been controversial.
Chumpon Wilasrusmee +6 more
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MAGGOT DEBRIDEMENT THERAPY (MDT): IT IS SAFE AND ECONOMIC FOR TREATING A DIABETIC FOOT ULCER [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2016 Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is the major global and devastating complication of diabetes mellitus that affects at least 20% of diabetic patients during their lifetime. This article presents an overview of the research evidence on maggot debridement therapy
TOSSON MORSY +4 more
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Critical Review on Maggot Therapy
, 2022 Healing of ulcers is one of the major problem starting from Vedas & Puranas till now, and now a days ulcers are becoming resistance to conventional therapy. But when modern medicine fails it is useful to draw ideas from ancient methods. Maggot therapy is
Dr. Mahabaleshwar S +2 more
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Therapeutic effects of Lucilia sericata larvae on cutaneous leishmaniasis wounds caused by Leishmania major using BALB/c mice as animal model [PDF]
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017 Background: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is an endemic disease in Iran. The pentavalent antimonials as first-line drugs are losing efficacy because of side effects, disease relapse and drug resistance.
Mohadese Kabiri +2 more
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Drone-assisted Medicinal Maggot Distribution in Compromised Healthcare Settings
, 2022 Timely delivery of medicinal maggots is challenging when logistics infrastructure is poor due to underinvestment or disasterrelated destruction of roads, bridges and railway lines. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly known as ‘drones’, are much cheaper to
Stadler, Frank, Tatham, Peter
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, 2022 The introductory chapter outlines the global wound burden, explains the basics of maggot therapy, and scopes the content covered by the subsequent 18 chapters. Maggot therapy is the treatment of chronic and infected wounds with living fly larvae commonly
Stadler, Frank
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