Maggot therapy in an acute burn...this article was originally published in the August edition of World Wide Wounds: (www.worldwidewounds) and is reprinted here with kind permission of the publishers
Maggot therapy has an established role in the management of necrotic or chronic wounds, but its use in acute burns has received scant attention in medical literature. In this case report, we present a challenging case in which maggots were used to good effect in a burn that was difficult to manage b...
| Publicado en: | Scottish Nurse Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 14 - 16 |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | case study Journal Article |
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Strathayr Publishing
2002 Oct
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| Sumario: | Maggot therapy has an established role in the management of necrotic or chronic wounds, but its use in acute burns has received scant attention in medical literature. In this case report, we present a challenging case in which maggots were used to good effect in a burn that was difficult to manage by conventional means. |
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