Maggot therapy for treating diabetic foot ulcers unresponsive to conventional therapy

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 446-451

  Sherman, Ronald A ^a,b,c  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MAGGOT THERAPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEG ULCER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIPTERA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; LARVA; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0041308244     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.2.446     Document Type: Article

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