Maggot therapy for repairing serious infective wound in a severely burned patient

The larvae of musca domestica were put in use to discard the dead tissue of a case of severe burn. A total of 50 000 aseptic maggots were put onto the infective wound surface, and aseptic dressings overlaid the surface. Three days later, another 20 000 maggots were put onto the wound for the second...

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Published inChinese journal of traumatology Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 124 - 125
Main Authors Wu, Jun-Cheng, Lu, Ren-Rong, Huo, Ran, Fu, Hong-Bin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China Elsevier B.V 01.04.2012
Department of Burn & Plastic Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
Elsevier
Subjects
Animals
Biological therapy
Burns
Debridement
Humans
Larva
Skin Transplantation
Wound Healing
Wound infection
伤口
修复
家蝇幼虫
感染
烧伤
疗法
肌肉组织
蛆虫
Wound infection
Debridement
Biological therapy
Wound healing
Burns
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Summary:The larvae of musca domestica were put in use to discard the dead tissue of a case of severe burn. A total of 50 000 aseptic maggots were put onto the infective wound surface, and aseptic dressings overlaid the surface. Three days later, another 20 000 maggots were put onto the wound for the second therapy. After twice maggot debridement, most necrotic muscle tissues of the wound were cleaned up, and eventually fresh granulation tissuegrew and later the wound was covered and healed by 3 times of skin grafting. The result demonstrates that maggot therapy is safe and effective with no adverse complications except pain.
Bibliography:Biological therapy; Wound injection;Burns; Wound healing; Debridement
The larvae of musca domestica were put in use to discard the dead tissue of a case of severe burn. A total of 50 000 aseptic maggots were put onto the infective wound surface, and aseptic dressings overlaid the surface. Three days later, another 20 000 maggots were put onto the wound for the second therapy. After twice maggot debridement, most necrotic muscle tissues of the wound were cleaned up, and eventually fresh granulation tissuegrew and later the wound was covered and healed by 3 times of skin grafting. The result demonstrates that maggot therapy is safe and effective with no adverse complications except pain.
50-1115/R
ISSN:1008-1275
DOI:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2012.02.012