Abstract

Biosurgery or maggot debridement therapy or larval therapy is a complementary – integrative medicinal method that it has proven utilities especially in chronic wound care. The method nearly provides every activity desired from a wound care. Its modes of action can be divided into four major titles; 1) Mechanic debridement, 2) Antimicrobial action, 3) Directing the tissue to wound healing, 4) Biofilm degradation. Furthermore, many isolated proteins from maggots showing various activities give a potential for future drugs. For now, whole effect mechanisms remain unclear and this therapy is not used as a single treatment method; it is actually a part of multidisciplinary approach to wound care.

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