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- Title
Maggot therapy for the treatment of intractable wounds.
- Authors
Mumcuoglu, K Y; Ingber, A; Gilead, L; Stessman, J; Friedmann, R; Schulman, H; Bichucher, H; Ioffe-Uspensky, I; Miller, J; Galun, R; Raz, I
- Abstract
Fly maggots have been known for centuries to help debride and heal wounds. Maggot therapy was first introduced in the USA in 1931 and was routinely used there until the mid-1940s in over 300 hospitals. With the advent of antimicrobiols, maggot therapy became rare until the early 1990s, when it was re-introduced in the USA, UK, and Israel. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of maggot therapy for the treatment of intractable, chronic wounds and ulcers in long-term hospitalized patients in Israel.
- Publication
International journal of dermatology, 1999, Vol 38, Issue 8, p623
- ISSN
0011-9059
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00770.x