AN OVERVIEW OF OSTEOMYELITIS WITH REFERENCE TO TREATMENT IN PARTICULAR MAGGOT DEBRIDEMENT THERAPY (MDT)
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Maggot debridement therapy
Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) has become more and more common in the treatment of chronic wounds. In the last decade alone, more than 100 papers were published on this subject. MDT is used to aid in removing necrotic tissue from a wound, thus resulting in a reduction of amputations. The limb salvage rate is reported as 50% after use of MDT. This article presents an overview of the history of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2090-2549
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2016.88266