Sentence examples for maggot therapy from inspiring English sources
noun
A type of biotherapy in which live, disinfected maggots are introduced into the wound of a human or animal to clean out the necrotic tissue therein.
Intervention: Maggot therapy.
Objective: To identify the benefits, risks, and problems associated with outpatient maggot therapy.
Maggot therapy completely or significantly débrided 18 (86%) of the wounds; 11 healed without any additional surgical procedures.
Development of efficient transgenesis methods would greatly facilitate the development of strains ideal for genetic control programs or could potentially improve "maggot therapy".
Of the 8 patients who were advised to undergo amputation or major surgical débridement as an alternative to maggot débridement, only 3 required surgical resection (amputation) after maggot therapy.
They play an important role as pollinators in plant reproduction, in improving soil fertility through waste bioconversion, and in natural biocontrol for harmful pest species, and they provide a variety of valuable products for humans such as honey and silk and medical applications such as maggot therapy".
After failure of surgical debridements, multiple courses of sterile-maggot therapy were introduced at a late stage to stabilize the wounds.
Maggot débridement therapy in outpatients.
Results: More than 95% of the therapists and 90% of their patients were satisfied with their outpatient maggot débridement therapy.
His publications include Author of the Maggot Debridement Therapy Book, Compendium of Wound Care dressings and Modalities, Pressure Injury Prevention Care Bundle, Diabetic Foot Asian Perspective Chapters in the 7th Practical Diabetes India, Diabetic Foot NUH Singapore, Ostomy, Wound Book USA.
Therefore, maggot debridement therapy using sterile maggots of the greenbottle fly Lucilia sericata was introduced.
