Maggot debridement therapy: A case study

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-436

  Van Veen, Laura Jean ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; SEPSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STOMA;

ANIMALS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; LARVA; MIDDLE AGED; OSTOMY; SEPSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 56149103660     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WON.0000326667.62884.51     Document Type: Article

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