Surgical Maggots
The genus Lucilia is commonly used in maggot therapy. Maggot therapy is the process of using fly larvae to treat infected wounds; it is also known as Maggot Debridement Therapy. The maggots that are used are mass-produced and disinfected. They are placed into open wounds healing on their own. This type of therapy is effective because the maggots only eat the necrotic tissue, thus cleaning out the wound and promoting healing. The larvae used in therapy use secretions to increase efficacy of their healing properties. They usually produce positive results via three mechanisms of action: Debridement, disinfection, and stimulation of healing properties (The Role of Maggots 2009).
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