Maggot debridement therapy: the current perspectives

Abstract

Gurudutt Naik, Keith G Harding Welsh Wound Innovation Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK Abstract: Chronic wounds remain a challenge to most healthcare systems worldwide despite the technological advances we have seen to date. Many chronic non-healing wounds require alternative approaches, in addition to standard conventional therapies. Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) or the use of maggots to treat wounds is one such therapy that has been in use for centuries. We conducted a review of articles published in PubMed, NICE evidence documents, and linked literature with the aim of providing a brief perspective on the evolution of MDT, and the context in which maggot therapy is currently used along with evidence behind such methods. Keywords: wound healing, maggot debridement therapy, debridement, Lucilia sericata, chronic disease, larva

Keywords

• • Wound healing • Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) • Debridement • Lucilia sericata