Maggot therapy: Many hands make light work

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-407

  Scavee V ^a   Polis, Fr X ^a   Schoevaerdts, J Cl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Fly larvae; Foot ulcer; Lucilia sericata; Maggot therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLY; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; LEG ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MAGGOT THERAPY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; ANIMAL; ISCHEMIA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ANIMALS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LARVA; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1542757187     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679453     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. SHERMAN R. A., MY-TIEN TRAN J., SULLIVAN R. Maggot therapy for venous stasis ulcers. Arch Dermatol, 1996, 132 : 254-6.
2. SHERMAN R. A. A new dressing design for use with maggot therapy. Plast Reconstr Surg, 1997, 100 : 451-6.
3. SHERMAN R. A. Wound myiasis in urban and suburban united states. Arch Intern Med, 2000, 160 : 2004-13.
4. BAER W. S. The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with the maggots (larva of the blow fly). J Bone Joint Surg (Am), 1931, 13A : 438-75.
5. JARVIS A. Maggot therapy. Lancet, 2000, 356 : 2016.
6. GALEANO M., IOLI V., COLONNA M., RISITANO G. Maggot therapy for treatment of osteomyelitis and deep wound : an old remedy for an actual problem. Plast Reconstr Surg, 2001 , 108 : 2178-9.
7. BONN D. Maggot therapy : an alternative for wound infection. Lancet, 2000, 356 : 1174.
8. THOMAS S., ADREWS A., JONES M., CHURCH J. maggots are useful in treating infected or necrotic wounds. BMJ, 1999, 318 : 807-8.
9. PRETE P. E. Growth effects of phaenicia sericata larval extracts on fibroblasts : mechanism for wound healing by maggot therapy. Life Sci, 1996, 60 : 505-10.
10. RAYMAN A., STANSFIELD G., WOOLARD T. et al. Use of larvae in the treatment of the diabetic necrotic foot. Diabetic foot, 1998, 1 : 7-13.