maggot therapy
Fly larvae treatment
Maggot therapy is the medical use of live fly larvae to clean wounds.
The maggots consume dead tissue while leaving healthy tissue intact, and their secretions have antibacterial properties.
The treatment, also called larval therapy or biodebridement, is used for chronic wounds that resist conventional treatment: After antibiotics failed, doctors turned to maggot therapy.
- debridementRemoving damaged tissue surgically
- biotherapyTherapy using biological agents
- blowflyCarrion-breeding fly
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- leechingExtracting gradually, parasitically
infection · larvae · biocontrol agents · screwworm · wound healing · alternative medicine · diabetes · ulcer · gangrene · crawling · flies · bandage · regeneration · wriggling · tissue · secretions · treatment · cleansing
- old remediescalomel, laudanum, tartar emetic, nostrum, patent medicines
- debridementcurettage, excision, lavage
maggot therapyrobotic surgery
Machine-performed medical procedures
chemical treatment · laser therapy · gene therapy · antibiotic therapy · chemotherapy