Treatment of infected wounds with maggot therapy after replantation

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-279

  Wang, Jiangning ^a   Wang, Shouyu ^a   Zhao, Guiqing ^a   Wang, Zhijun ^a   Lineaweaver, William C ^b   Zhang, Feng ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremity; Infection; Maggot; Replantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FLY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LARVA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MAGGOT THERAPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANIMALS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIPTERA; DRAINAGE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIUS FRACTURES; REPLANTATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 33646266478     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-939935     Document Type: Article

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