The use of medicinal maggots, sometimes called maggot debridement therapy, was first widely reported during the time of Napoleon. His general surgeon reportedly used maggots as a technique of ...

One study found 80 percent of maggot-treated wounds' dead tissue was removed, ... Covered with a special mesh to keep them in place, medicinal maggots pose no danger to the patient.

A treatment supply of medicinal maggots costs less than $100, but can save thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars in medical, surgical and hospital costs.

There are now more than 1,000 therapists using maggot therapy in the United States, Sherman said. A treatment supply of medicinal maggots costs less than $100, ...

Maggot, or larval, therapy has been around since ancient times as a way to heal wounds. ... Cowan points out that in the study's recruitment flyer "we use the term 'medicinal maggots.' ...

Perception. Research by my team shows us that knowledge and public awareness, along with the perception of medicinal maggot therapy, is generally quite poor. Cultural norms often paint maggots as ...

Actually, maggots' medicinal qualities have long been known. Civil War surgeons noted that soldiers whose wounds harbored maggots seemed to fare better. In the 1930s, ...

Medical Maggots™ brand of medicinal maggots were granted marketing clearance by the FDA in 2004 for treating neuropathic (i.e., diabetic) foot ulcers, pressure ulcers ("bed sores"), venous ...

"Medicinal maggots are as precise in their debridement as a highly skilled microsurgeon, as attentive to their hosts' wounds as the most dedicated wound-care nurse," says Ronald A. Sherman, ...

With the advent of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, many physicians have returned to maggots as a viable option for wound cleaning and therapy. CNN values your feedback 1.