Maggot debridement therapy. An alternative treatment for nonhealing ulcers.
The authors illustrated a chronic bilateral plantar foot ulcer of several years' duration that was resistant to all forms of conventional therapy, yet was resolved after 13 1/2 weeks of maggot therapy. The contralateral foot ulcer showed no improvement during the same period, despite continual inpatient conventional dressing changes. At a time when medical cost containment is a critical issue, maggot therapy may resurge as a viable alternative in treating nonhealing wounds.
Stoddard
S R
SR
University of California at Irvine, USA.
Sherman
R A
RA
Mason
B E
BE
Pelsang
D J
DJ
Sherman
R M
RM
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D004175:Diptera; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male