Archives of Dermatology: Maggots Quickly Clear Chronic Leg Ulcers
// Apparently, Magot therapy has been FDA approved since 2004
// 105 Hospitalized patients with non-healing lower-leg ulcers
All patients wore blindfolds during the treatment and were unaware of the difference in treatment schedules
At day eight of treatment, the percentage of the wound area covered by slough was 54.5% in patients given maggot therapy compared with 66.5% (P=0.04) of the wound area in a control group, according to Anne Dompmartin, MD, PhD, of Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, and colleagues
(via Archives)
