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ArticleClinics and practice2021

Maggot Therapy as a Part of a Holistic Approach in the Treatment of Multimorbid Patients with Chronic Ulcer.

Tobias Romeyke

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Article in Clinics and practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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1 citing paper in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tobias RomeykeMedical Informatics and Technology, Institute for Management and Economics in Health Care, UMIT-University of Health Sciences, 6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria.
UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with chronic wounds (leg ulcers, decubitus, and diabetic foot ulcers) suffer from marked restrictions in their quality of life and can often no longer adequately carry out their everyday tasks. The need for nursing and medical care increases when other illnesses and complaints are present at the same time. Qualified wound care and the treatment of comorbidities are therefore of particular importance. The treatment of this disease, which is increasing in number, requires a holistic, multimodal treatment approach which, in addition to professional wound care, also includes comorbidities in the treatment. This case study describes an old treatment method for refractory wounds, the so-called "maggot therapy", and shows how this is integrated into a holistic, multimodal therapeutic approach.

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debridementholistic carelarvaLucilia sericatamaggot therapymultimorbidulcerwounds

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PMID34199361
PMCPMC8293264
OpenAlexW3167140089

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