Maggot debridement therapy

However, it should be appreciated that less attractive members of the animal world can also provide therapeutic features. For example, maggots, which are the larval form of approximately one-half of the more than 85,000 species of flies, have been and still are occasionally used to treat open wounds—a procedure known as maggot debridement therapy (MDT) or, more commonly, maggot therapy. MDT is practiced in more than 150 hospitals in the United States and in 1000 centers worldwide. 

Steenvoorde, P., Budding, T. and Oskam, J. (2005) Determining pain levels in patients treated with maggot debridement therapy. J Wound Care, 14,10, 485 88. 

Steenvoorde, E, Jacobi, C.E. and Oskam, J. (2005) Maggot debridement therapy free-range or contained An in-vivo study. Adv Skin Wound Care, 18, 8, 430 35. 

Larval Therapy Debridement, promote granulation. Heavily sloughy necrotic wounds. Increase in pain. Maggots oobiotic)... 

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