title: [Poorly healing periorbital wounds. Therapeutic use of maggots].
abstract: The treatment of poorly healing wounds, although not a typical problem in the periorbital area, has been enriched by the option of biosurgery, the therapeutic application of larvae of the blow fly (Lucilia sericata).
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik der Universitätsmedizin, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131, Mainz, Deutschland. susanne.pitz@unimedizin-mainz.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pitz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renieri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gericke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology*; D014945:Wound Healing