Clinical Applications for Maggots in Wound Care
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in American Journal of Clinical Dermatology
- Vol. 2 (4) , 219-227
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00128071-200102040-00003
Abstract
Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) was first introduced in the US in 1931 and was routinely used here until mid-1940s in over 300 hospitals. With the advent of antibacterials, maggot therapy became...Keywords
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