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Maggot therapy (also known as larval therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement), and disinfection. There is evidence that ...
Maggot therapy is now used in more than 300 sites across the country. [37] The American Medical Association and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently clarified the reimbursement guidelines to the wound care community for medicinal maggots, and this therapy may soon be covered by insurance. [40]
Maggot therapy is the intentional introduction of live, disinfected blow fly larvae into soft tissue wounds to selectively clean out the necrotic tissue. This helps to prevent infection; it also speeds healing of chronically infected wounds and ulcers. [10]
Debridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue. [2] [3] Removal may be surgical, mechanical, chemical, autolytic (self-digestion), or by maggot therapy.
By RYAN GORMAN Horrifying video has emerged of doctors pulling maggots out of a man's ear. The unidentified Indian man went to a doctor's office to complain about hearing a non-stop buzzing sound.
MedMagLabs builds medical maggot laboratories inside shipping containers; [5] [6] their "do it yourself" designs are freely available online for anyone to replicate. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] The laboratories are designed to be operated by non-healthcare professionals, in countries with weak healthcare systems, specifically countries experiencing armed conflict.
Maggots dissolve only necrotic, infected tissue; disinfect the wound by killing bacteria; and stimulate wound healing. Maggot therapy has been shown to accelerate debridement of necrotic wounds and reduce the bacterial load of the wound, leading to earlier healing, reduced wound odor and less pain.
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