Maggot therapy: many hands make light work.
We report the case of a diabetic patient with severe ischaemic infected ulcer of the right foot, successfully treated with maggot therapy.
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Clinics of Mont-Godinne, Leuven Catholic University, Yvoir, Belgium. vincent.scavee@chir.ucl.ac.be
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Schoevaerdts
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D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing