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Maggot Therapy A Handbook Of Maggot Assisted Wound Healing
Paperback Edition: 1/2004
An ancient treatment rediscovered: The use of fly larvae to heal chronic wounds via biosurgery. Maggot therapy has had impressive results treating diabetic foot ulcers, slow-healing wounds resulting from circulatory problems and pressure sores in bed-bound patients: over 90 percent of these wounds heal without
pain or side effects.The book contains extensive information on maggot therapy. There is an overview of flies and maggots, a history of maggot therapy, and information on maggots' mode and how they can be used. In addition to detailed descriptions of the clinical pictures for which maggots can be used, there are case studies and questions and answers from medical practice.
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Pages : 85
Publisher : Thieme Medical
Subjects: Non-fiction, Medicine, Health And Personal Development