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10. Maggot-assisted Wound Healing
Yamni Nigam 
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Michael Wilson ,
Naomi Palmer
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Michael Wilson ,
Naomi Palmer
A Complete Guide to Maggot Therapy, Pages: 175 - 194
Swansea University Authors:
Yamni Nigam , Michael Wilson , Naomi Palmer
DOI (Published version): 10.11647/obp.0300.10
Abstract
Unlike any other wound care device or pharmaceutical, medicinal maggots convey multiple therapeutic benefits at the same time when applied to chronic and/or infected wounds. In addition to providing an ideal healing environment through debridement and infection control, maggot excretions and secreti...
| Published in: | A Complete Guide to Maggot Therapy |
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| ISBN: | 9781800647282 9781800647305 |
| Published: |
Cambridge, UK
Open Book Publishers
2022
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| Online Access: |
https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0300.10 |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61362 |
| Abstract: |
Unlike any other wound care device or pharmaceutical, medicinal maggots convey multiple therapeutic benefits at the same time when applied to chronic and/or infected wounds. In addition to providing an ideal healing environment through debridement and infection control, maggot excretions and secretions actively promote wound healing through a wide range of specific physiological mechanisms and pathways. After a brief review of early studies into the healing properties of medicinal maggots, and what is known from randomised clinical trials, the chapter explains in detail the biochemical and physiological principles of maggot-mediated wound healing. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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175 |
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194 |