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Application of Lucilia sericata Larvae in Debridement of Pressure Wounds in Outpatient Settings
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Use of larval therapy to combat infection after breast-conserving surgery
1Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. p.steenvoorde@lumc.nl
Journal of Wound Care
|May 25, 2005
Abstract:
Wound infection after breast surgery is not uncommon and is not always simple to treat. This paper presents the case of a patient in whom the wound was successfully treated with larval debridement therapy after other methods failed.
