Maggot therapy

Maggot therapy
Maggot debridement therapy on a wound from a diabetic foot
Other namesmaggot debridement therapy (MDT), larval therapy, larva therapy, larvae therapy, biodebridement, biosurgery

Maggot debridement therapy (also known as MDT, larval therapy, or simply maggot therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement), and disinfection. There is evidence that maggot therapy may help with wound healing.

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