Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Some worms are better than others
Using maggots to treat leg ulcers works just as well as standard therapy, according to an article on the BMJ Web site.
In the study, 267 subjects with ulcers were randomized to receive either "larval therapy" or hydrogel, and monitored for up to 12 months. While removal of dead skin tissue was significantly faster with maggots (don't think about that one too much), the ulcers healed in about the same amount of time for both groups. A second BMJ study found that the cost of either treatment is about the same.
The upshot, researchers concluded, is that providers have no real reason to prefer one treatment over the other. Except, perhaps, to avoid becoming known as the doctor who likes to sic worms on his or her patients' gams.
posted by Jessica Berthold at
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