Advances in the research of application of maggot therapy in chronic wounds
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-2587.2019.06.017
- VernacularTitle: 蛆虫疗法在慢性创面中的应用研究进展
- Author:
Xinyi HAN
1
;
Guozhong LYU
2
Author Information
1. Wuxi Clinical Medical College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi 214041, China
2. Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University (former Wuxi Third People′s Hospital), Wuxi 214041, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Wound healing;
Maggot therapy;
Chronic wounds
- From:
Chinese Journal of Burns
2019;35(6):477-480
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Maggot therapy is a kind of biological therapy that uses maggot to eat and remove the necrotic tissue of wounds, while it has no adverse effect on living tissue with blood supply. Besides, maggot therapy can promote wound healing through various mechanisms, which has been used for debridement and treatment of wounds as early as hundreds of years ago. With the discovery and application of antibiotics, maggot therapy faded out of the medical field once. However, with the abuse of antibiotics and increasing drug resistance of bacteria in recent years, maggot therapy attracts widespread attention of clinicians again. This article reviews the advances in the application of maggot therapy in chronic wounds.
