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MAGGOTS. A presentation by Coleman Myers. Maggots in Medicine. The use of maggots in medicine has become more and more prevalent in the modern medical world.
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MAGGOTS • A presentation by Coleman Myers
Maggots in Medicine • The use of maggots in medicine has become more and more prevalent in the modern medical world. • The clinical use of sterile maggots under the brand name LarveE has increased steadily in the UK and US since they were introduced in late 1995.
A Brief History • Mayan Indians and Aborigine tribes in Australia were said to have used maggots to clear open wounds out of dead tissue • Maggots may have also been used in Renaissance times • In 1829, Napoleon’s surgeon General noticed that open wounds with bott-flies actually healed better than those wounds without!
Maggot Therapy • Maggot therapy is also known as maggot debridement therapy (MDT), larval therapy, larva therapy, larvae therapy, biodebridement or biosurgery • It is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wound(s) of a human or animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement) and disinfection.
How does it work? • The maggots only eat on dead flesh so when put into open wounds they feast on the dead infected flesh and leave the wound clean and ready to be treated. • Without maggots in cases of a severe wound that, if sew shut, could cause an abscess
Where in modern science is it used? A case of 41 year-old Buerger's disease A case of 64 year-old diabetic gangrene
Model • 1. Dead and infected tissue in an open wound • 2. Maggots put into wounds • 3. Maggots feast for a minimum of 48 hours • 4.Dead and infected flesh cleared out
Coleman’s Summary Slide • Maggot are gross. • Maggots are really inexpensive to use. • Doctors who use maggots have “sterile” maggots. • Maggots have been used on and off in modern medicine since the 1800s!
References! • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xt6NWkgydM • http://www.btmcl.com/eng/ • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11842471 • http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/ParaSites2006/Myiasis/history.html