Maggot Debridement Therapy
Slough: What Is This Stuff?
January 20, 2023
Nonviable tissue in the wound bed can be divided into 2 broad categories: slough and eschar. Although these terms are sometimes used interchangeably, it is vital to distinguish between them as they ma...
The Accessibility of Biotherapy
April 26, 2013
By Aletha Tippett MD
In reading through the recent WoundSource blog archives, I just had to write in support of Dr. Ron Sherman’s blog on our perception of maggot therapy. His blog was in response ...
What's in a Name? The Many Terms for Maggot Therapy
July 12, 2013
By Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&H and Lynn Wang, BA
William Shakespeare wrote: "That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet" (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2). William Baer repo...
Why Not Use Maggots to Treat Wounds?
March 5, 2015
By Aletha Tippett, MD
Recently I had a discussion with several other physicians and a topic that came up was why maggots were not more widely received. I was not aware that maggots were not widely ...
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