maggot therapy

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maggot
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmæɡ.ət/us
/ˈmæɡ.ət/
a creature like a very small worm that is found in decaying meat and other foods and later develops into ...
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therapy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθer.ə.pi/us
/ˈθer.ə.pi/
a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after ...
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(Definition ofmaggotandtherapyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This fly is notable for its economic impact as a myiasis pest of livestock and its antibiotic benefits inmaggottherapy.
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Patients and doctors may find maggots distasteful, although studies have shown that this does not cause patients to refuse the offer ofmaggottherapy.
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Maggottherapymay also reduce the need for antibiotics in people with complex, chronic wounds.
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In controlled and sterile settings by medical practitioners,maggottherapyintroduces live, disinfected maggots into non-healing skin or soft wounds of a human or animal.
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Removal may be surgical, mechanical, chemical, autolytic (self-digestion), and bymaggottherapy, where certain species of live maggots selectively eat only necrotic tissue.
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In 1995, a handful of doctors in four countries were usingmaggottherapy.
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Maggottherapyhas been shown to accelerate debridement of necrotic wounds.
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Limb salvage rates withmaggottherapyare about 40% to 50% according to the medical literature.
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For medicinal purposes, the possibility that the larvae can be used inmaggottherapyis currently unknown and also can be researched.
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Maggottherapyhas a long history and prehistory.
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Maggottherapywould eliminate this additional stress when treating equine wounds.
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The use ofmaggottherapyis not limited to humans, but it is not a common practice with livestock.
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This lab has provided maggots andmaggottherapysupplies since 1935.
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However, the maggots from the black blow fly are used in a medical practice calledmaggottherapy.
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Multiple two-day courses ofmaggottherapymay be administered depending on the severity of the non-healing wound.
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A separate study which compared the relative cost-effectiveness ofmaggottherapywith hydrogels estimated there was little to choose between the two therapies.
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Between 1930 and 1940, more than 100 medical papers were published onmaggottherapy.
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Six thousandmaggottherapypatients have been included in case histories or other studies.
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Over 4,000 therapists are usingmaggottherapyin 20 countries.
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Maggottherapyis now used in more than 300 sites across the country.
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