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ReviewVeterinary world2016

Maggot debridement therapy as primary tool to treat chronic wound of animals.

Vijayata Choudhary, Mukesh Choudhary, Sunanda Pandey, Vandip D Chauhan, J J Hasnani

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Review in Veterinary world, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vijayata ChoudharyDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India.
Mukesh ChoudharyDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India.
Sunanda PandeyDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India.
Vandip D ChauhanDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India.
J J HasnaniDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India.
Anand Agricultural University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) is a safe, effective, and controlled method ofhealing of chronic wounds by debridement and disinfection. In this therapy live, sterile maggots of green bottle fly, Lucilia (Phaenicia) sericata are used, as they prefernecrotic tissues over healthy for feeding. Since centuries, MDT is used in humanbeings to treat chronic wounds. Lately, MDT came out as a potent medical aid in animals. In animals, although, this therapy is still limited and clinical studies are few. However, with the increasing antibiotic resistance and chronic wound infections in veterinary medicine, maggot therapy may even become the first line of treatment for some infections. This paper will present a brief discussion of MDT and its role in veterinary medicine that may add one more treatment method to utilize in non-healing wounds of animals and overcome the use of amputation and euthanasia. The objective of this review paper is to assemble relevant literature on maggot therapy to form a theoretical foundation from which further steps toward clinical use of maggot therapy in animals for chronic wounds can be taken.

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chronic woundsdebridementLucilia sericatamaggot debridement therapymaggots

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PMID27182137
PMCPMC4864483
OpenAlexW2345294757

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