Mistreatment with maggot therapy in diabetic foot ulcer causing an amputation

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

doi:10.1002/ccr3.8041

Mistreatment with maggot therapy in diabetic foot ulcer causing an amputation

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Oct 10;11(10):e8041. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8041. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Authors

Arefeh Babazadeh¹, Soheil Ebrahimpour¹, Zeinab Mohseni Afshar², Sara Mohammadnia³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute Babol University of Medical Sciences Babol Iran.
² Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran.
³ Student Committee Research Babol University of Medical Sciences Babol Iran.

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.

Keywords: diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot ulcer; maggot therapy; mistreatment.

Publication types

Case Reports