Mistreatment with maggot therapy in diabetic foot ulcer causing an amputation.

Babazadeh, Arefeh; Ebrahimpour, Soheil; Afshar, Zeinab Mohseni; Mohammadnia, Sara.

Affiliation

Babazadeh A; Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute Babol University of Medical Sciences Babol Iran.
Ebrahimpour S; Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute Babol University of Medical Sciences Babol Iran.
Afshar ZM; Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran.
Mohammadnia S; Student Committee Research Babol University of Medical Sciences Babol Iran.

Clin Case Rep ; 11(10): e8041, 2023 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37830067

ABSTRACT

Maggot therapy is one of the treatments used in diabetic foot ulcer management. But if we do not pay attention to the indications and contraindications of it, there might be a failure in the treatment.

Key words

diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot ulcer; maggot therapy; mistreatment