Larval therapy in wound debridement.
The use of larvae (maggots) in wound management was popular in the 1930s. Now the advent of multi-resistant strains of bacteria has led to its reintroduction in some hospitals, when other avenues have been exhausted.
Rayner
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Plastic Surgery Unit, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.
D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*