Book description
Impressive Results for Slow-healing WoundsAn Ancient Treatment -
RediscoveredFly larvae have been used for centuries to successfully
treat wounds. However, once penicillin was discovered, and antibiotic
therapy became common worldwide, maggot therapy was forgotten. But now
that bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to modern antibiotics,
maggot therapy is experiencing a resurgence. Maggots Promote HealingFly
larvae can debride and help heal chronic wounds in a form of biosurgery.
As strange as it sounds, maggot therapy is often a patient's last chance
to prevent amputation of a limb. The results of maggot therapy have been
impressive in treating diabetic foot ulcers, slow-healing wounds
resulting from circulatory problems, and pressure sores in bed-bound
patients: over a majority of these wounds - many of them in existence
for years - heal without pain or side effects. Everything You Need to
Know About Maggot TherapyThis text contains extensive, reader-friendly
information on maggot therapy. There is an overview of the pertinent fly
species, a history of maggot therapy, and information on maggots' mode
of action and application. In addition to detailed descriptions of the
clinical problems for which maggots can be used, there are case studies
and questions and answers from medical practice. Wilhelm Fleischmann, M.
D., is a university lecturer and head physician at the Department of
Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at the Bietigheim Hospital, Germany.
He is one of the leading German experts in maggot therapy. Martin
Grassberger, M. D., Ph. D., is a physician and biologist at the
University of Vienna, Austria. He also works as an independent
researcher and consultant in the field of medical entomology and is a
specialist on maggot debridement therapy and forensic entomology. Dr.
Ronald Sherman, MD, MSc, is a physician at the Medical Center of the
University of California at Los Angeles. He is the undisputed pioneer of
modern maggot debridement therapy. Department Chair, Trauma and
Reconstructive Surgery, District Hospital Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Institute for Forensic Medicine, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
