Browsing Surgery by Subject "Maggots -- South Africa"

Browsing Surgery by Subject "Maggots -- South Africa"

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  • The utilisation of maggot debridement therapy in Pretoria, South Africa 
    Du Plessis, Herman J.C.; Pretorius, Jan P. (Open Journals Systems, 2011)
    Maggots are known to clean wounds by removing slough and dead tissue. This was put to therapeutic use in the last century, between the world wars, when it was in use in at least 300 hospitals in the United States and being ...