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Case Reports
. 2000 May-Jun;21(3):254-7.
doi: 10.1067/mbc.2000.106659.

Biodebridement: a case report of maggot therapy for limb salvage after fourth-degree burns

N Namias  1 , J E Varela, R P Varas, O Quintana, C G Ward
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Biodebridement: a case report of maggot therapy for limb salvage after fourth-degree burns

N Namias et al. J Burn Care Rehabil. 2000 May-Jun.

Abstract

The wound healing and antimicrobial properties of maggots are well known. Maggot debridement therapy has been used for the treatment of various conditions. For maggot debridement therapy, the larvae of the blowfly are applied over necrotic or nonhealing wounds. We used maggot debridement therapy with the larvae of Phaenicia sericata for limb salvage after bilateral lower extremity fourth-degree burns.

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