Maggot debridement therapy in necrotizing fasciitis reduces the number of surgical debridements

Wounds

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 73-78

  Steenvoorde, Pascal ^a   Jacobi, Cathrien ^b   Wong, Chun ^b   Jukema, Gerrolt ^b  

^a RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autolytic debridement; Compression stockings; Delayed wound healing; Diabetic foot wounds; Impaired wound healing; Mechanical debridement; Pressure dressing; Surgical debridement; Wound fibroblasts; Wound necrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047247382     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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