Maggot therapy
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Maggot therapy (also known as larval therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement), and disinfection.
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Other names | maggot debridement therapy (MDT), larval therapy, larva therapy, larvae therapy, biodebridement, biosurgery |
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There is evidence that maggot therapy may help with wound healing.[1][2]