Maggot debridement therapy of infected ulcers: Patient and wound factors influencing outcome - A study on 101 patients with 117 wounds

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 596-602

  Steenvoorde, Pascal ^a   Jacobi, Cathrien E ^b   Van Doorn, Louk ^a   Oskam, Jacques ^a  

^a RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Maggot debridement therapy; Outcome; Predictors; Ulcer; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAGGOT THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ULCER; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LARVA; LEG; LEG INJURIES; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34548605769     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X205404     Document Type: Article

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