Biosurgery in wound healing - The renaissance of maggot therapy

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 285-289

  Karte, Kerstin ^a   Herold, Claudia ^a   Looks, Annette ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosurgery; Chronic wounds; Debridement; Maggots

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FLY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIPTERA; HUMANS; LARVA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034426787     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2000.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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