Educational Resources
Expand your knowledge about maggot therapy and stay informed with the latest research and practices.
1. Educational Videos
- Maggot Therapy Takes Us Back to the Future of Medicine (Dr. Ronald Sherman)
- MAGGOT THERAPY (short introduction)
- Maggot Therapy for Treating Wounds
- Maggot Medicine - National Geographic (very graphic)
- Maggot Therapy Explained - Jun 11, 2024 lecture by Dr. Avir Mitra, an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Why maggots are a medical marvel – BBC REEL, Dec 23, 2022 (by Dr Erica McAlister, an entomologist and Senior Curator at the Natural History Museum in the UK)
- Mass. hospital turns to maggots to save man’s life -Jun 10, 2022 case study
2. Recommended Reading
- A Complete Guide to Maggot Therapy. Clinical Practice, Therapeutic Principles, Production, Distribution, and Ethics (Ed. F Stadler, 2022)
- CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC WOUNDS WITH MAGGOT DEBRIDEMENT THERAPY (Mexican Association for Wound Care and Healing, 2010)
- A KNOW-HOW GUIDE TO USING LARVAL THERAPY FOR WOUND DEBRIDEMENT- 4-pages 2007 Technical Guide (Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, London)
3. Professional Organizations
- International Biotherapy Society
- Use of Sterile Maggotsin Wound Management Policy (Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 12 pages)
- THE ROLE OF LARVAL DEBRIDEMENT THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LOWER LIMB WOUNDS
- Pathway for Larval Debridement Therapy
- Larval Wound Therapy: Possibilities and Potential Limitations— 2023 Literature Review
- Evidence summary: Wound management: larval therapy
- Maggot Therapy in Wound Healing: A Systematic Review (2020)
- Maggot therapy could provide affordable and efficacious wound care in Lebanon and other low- and middle-income countries (2023)
4. Companies
- Monarch Labs' Medicinal Maggots
- BioMonde Patient Information Guide
- Cuprina MEDIFLY: Product Overview
5. SUbject Biblographies
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