Maggot Bio Debridement Therapy for Diabetic Foot ulcers Literature Review

Abstract

Alaa Atamna and Avishay Elis

Diabetic foot ulcers are chronic, difficult to treat wounds that are associated with high morbidity andmortality. Several therapies have been proposed as adjuncts to the traditional wound care, among them is the maggot debridement therapy (MDT). MDT had been used for decades for treating non-healing wounds. However, with the beginning of the antibiotic era, itsuse had gradually faded. In the last years, MDT has re-emergedin clinical use, mainly because of the rise of anti-microbial resistance. Herein we summarize the last decade accumulated data on the clinical implication of the treatment by maggot debridement for non-healingdiabetic foot ulcers.

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