Use of larval therapy to combat infection after breast-conserving surgery

J Wound Care. 2005 May;14(5):212-3. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2005.14.5.26778.

Abstract

Wound infection after breast surgery is not uncommon and is not always simple to treat. This paper presents the case of a patient in whom the wound was successfully treated with larval debridement therapy after other methods failed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Debridement / methods
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Larva*
  • Mastectomy, Segmental / adverse effects*
  • Mastectomy, Segmental / methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis
  • Surgical Wound Infection / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wound Healing / physiology