Use of larval therapy to combat infection after breast-conserving surgery.
Wound infection after breast surgery is not uncommon and is not always simple to treat. This paper presents the case of a patient in whom the wound was successfully treated with larval debridement therapy after other methods failed.
Steenvoorde
P
P
Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. p.steenvoorde@lumc.nl
Oskam
J
J
D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology