title: Treatment of infected wounds with maggot therapy after replantation.
abstract: Postoperative wound infection is a rare, but major, complication of replantation. Failure to control infection can lead directly to vascular thrombosis and, in turn, to loss of the replanted extremity. The use of maggots for wound debridement has a long history and has been lately re-introduced for treatment of intractable wounds. In this report, the authors present the experience of successful debridement of a severely infected wound after forearm replantation, using maggot therapy. The results and mechanism of maggot therapy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Dalian University Hospital, Dalian Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Jiangning
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shouyu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guiqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhijun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lineaweaver
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D004175:Diptera; D004322:Drainage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005543:Forearm Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000601:surgery; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D012092:Replantation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000628:therapy*; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000601:surgery