The use of maggot debridement therapy in the treatment of chronic wounds in hospitalised and ambulatory patients

Journal of Wound Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-85

  Gilead, L ^a   Mumcuoglu, K Y ^b   Ingber, A ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hadassah Hospital; Israel; Jerusalem; Lucilia sericata; Maggot debridement therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FLY; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; INJURY; ISRAEL; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84862254266     PISSN: 09690700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2012.21.2.78     Document Type: Article

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