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Descriptor English: Maggot Debridement Therapy
Descriptor Spanish: Terapia de Desbridamiento con Gusanos
Descriptor terapia de desbridamiento larval
Entry term(s) terapia con larvas
terapia de desbridamiento por larvas
terapia larval
terapia larvaria
tratamiento con larvas
tratamiento larval
tratamiento larvario
Scope note: Uso médico de LARVAS vivas para limpiar heridas que no cicatrizan.
Descriptor Portuguese: Terapia de Desbridamento Larval
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Debridement Therapy, Larval
Debridement Therapy, Maggot
Larva Therapy
Larvae Therapy
Larval Debridement Therapy
Larval Therapy
Maggot Therapy
Therapy, Larva
Therapy, Larvae
Therapy, Larval
Therapy, Larval Debridement
Therapy, Maggot
Therapy, Maggot Debridement
Tree number(s): E02.095.533
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000096383
Scope note: Medical use of live MAGGOTS for cleaning non-healing wounds.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Debridement (1995-2023)
Larva (1995-2023)
Public MeSH Note: 2024
History Note: 2024
DeCS ID: 60484
Unique ID: D000096383
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Date Established: 2024/01/01
Date of Entry: 2023/07/26
Revision Date: 2023/03/16
Maggot Debridement Therapy - Preferred
Concept UI M000762169
Scope note Medical use of live MAGGOTS for cleaning non-healing wounds.
Preferred term Maggot Debridement Therapy
Entry term(s) Debridement Therapy, Larval
Debridement Therapy, Maggot
Larva Therapy
Larvae Therapy
Larval Debridement Therapy
Larval Therapy
Maggot Therapy
Therapy, Larva
Therapy, Larvae
Therapy, Larval
Therapy, Larval Debridement
Therapy, Maggot
Therapy, Maggot Debridement



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