What is it about?
This paper synthesise available evidence exploring the perceptions and experiences of patients with hard-to-heal wounds regarding maggot debridement. This can give readers an overview of what are possible reasons of patients' acceptance or rejection towards using maggots to clean their wounds.
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Why is it important?
There is little use of maggot debridement therapy (MDT) worldwide, albeit there is much literature supporting its benefits and effectiveness for hard-to-heal (chronic) wounds. Hard-to-heal wounds are becoming ever more prevalent and MDT can play a pivotal role in wound care management. This underuse can be associated with patients' perceptions and experiences of MDT. As such, the findings from this paper hope to inform readers on potential areas to address in order to encourage patients' acceptance of MDT.
Perspectives
Personally, I hope readers will find this paper as interesting as I did! Using maggots for wound therapy is something not everyone may know or is used too. There are a wide array of patients' accounts, some of which are unexpected and thought-provoking.
Yu An Eng
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This page is a summary of: Patients with hard-to-heal wounds: a review and synthesis of their experiences and perceptions of maggot debridement, Journal of Wound Care, January 2025, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2022.0223.
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