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Maggot therapy : a handbook of maggot-assisted wound healing /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fleischmann, Wim
Other Authors: Grassberger, Martin, Sherman, Ronald, Wandrey, Suyzon O'Neal
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stuttgart ; New York : Thieme, [2004]
Subjects:
Wound Healing.
Debridement > methods.
Larva.
Table of Contents:
  • Nature's vast pharmacy
  • Maggots
  • On flies and maggots
  • Development cycle of the fly
  • Transmission of disease by flies
  • Phaenicia (Lucilia) sericata (green blowfly)
  • Larvae of Phaenicia Sericata
  • Maggots and wound healing
  • History of maggot therapy
  • Stimulation of wound healing
  • Medicinal uses
  • Production of sterile maggots
  • Myiasis
  • Clinical application of maggots
  • The classical free-range maggot dressing system
  • The containment-bag maggot dressing system (biobag)
  • Indications for maggot debridement therapy
  • Adverse affects and risks of maggot therapy
  • Perspectives
  • Cost effectiveness