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Maggots Research Paper
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Title MAGGOTS; WHAT EFFECT DOES CONTAINMENT
OF MAGGOTS HAVE REGARDING THE EFFECTIVNESS OF TREATMENT AND TOLARANCE OF PATIENTS?
Author: Natalie Merrick Student nurse yr3
Declaration of interest: I have chosen to investigate this topic as I have only worked with one patient using lave therapy treatment (contained) and was often designated the task of redressing and watering the lave, this particular gentleman did not mind the therapy and referred to the lave as “his little friends” I could not help but wonder if he wound have been so compliant if they were loose in his wound and if this would have made any difference to the healing process.
Abstract: This article plans to compare the use of contained or caged maggots …show more content…
less information available on the application of maggots and how that effects the treatment and effectiveness of the maggots ability to debride, disinfect and stimulate healing. traditional method of free range maggots Vs. contained maggots in gauze or muslin bags.
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S. (1931). The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with the maggot (larvae of the blowfly). Journal of Bone and Joint
Surgery, 13, 438-475.
8. Baer WS. Sacro-iliac joint—arthritis deformans—viable antiseptic in chronic osteomyelitis. Proc Int Assembly Interstate Postgrad Med Assoc North Am; 1929. pp. 365–372.
9. Baer WS. The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with the maggot (larva of the blow fly) J Bone Joint Surg. 1931;13:438–475.
11. Horn KL, Cobb AH, Jr, Gates GA. Maggot therapy for subacute mastoiditis. Arch Otolaryngol. 1976;102(6):377–379
78. Van der Plas MJ, Jukema GN, Wai SW, Dogterom-Ballering HC, Lagendijk EL, van Gulpen C, van Dissel JT, Bloemberg GV, Nibbering PH. Maggot excretions/secretions are differentially effective against biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008;61(1):117–122.
18. Livingston SK, Prince LH. The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with special reference to the use of the maggot active principle. J Am Med Assoc. 1932;98:1143–1149.
29. Sherman RA. Maggot versus conservative debridement therapy for the treatment of pressure ulcers. Wound Repair Regen.
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