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Do you have a large wound that isn’t healing as quickly as you might like? You may benefit from biosurgical debridement. This technique utilizes sterile maggots to disinfect wounds and eliminate dead tissue from wounds, and it’s widely considered one of the most effective non-surgical wound cleaning methods.

At MedCentris, we specialize in providing advanced wound debridement techniques, including biosurgical debridement, to patients who are having a difficult time getting large wounds to heal. Our dedicated team of specialists can diagnose wounds, treat them with minimally invasive wound-cleaning tactics, and even take the biological approach to wound care to ensure they heal quicker than they would on their own.

What Is Biosurgical Debridement?

Humans have been performing debridement with live maggots for millennia. The ancient Mayans, for one, used a rudimentary form of biosurgical debridement 4,000 years ago. Early versions of controlled maggot therapy for wounds also played a key part in the American Civil War.

By the 1920s, the discovery and development of penicillin, coupled with the popularity of antibiotics, caused the use of maggots in wound care to fall out of favor. However, thanks to the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, maggots began reemerging in the 1980s. This eventually led to the widespread use of surgical debridement, which continues to this day.

Biosurgical debridement is a wound-cleaning method that relies on sterile maggots from the larvae of the green bottle fly to perform effective necrotic tissue removal. These maggots can carry out biodebridement for chronic wounds and wounds that have become infected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

The team from MedCentris can help you decide whether biosurgical debridement is the right option. We also offer an assortment of other wound medicine treatments.

How Does Maggot Therapy for Wound Healing Work?

Despite its long history, targeted debridement for infected tissue works similarly to the way it did back when it was discovered. The process involves the following steps:

1. Sterile maggots are placed either on a wound or inside a mesh bag covering a wound and left for one to three days.
   
   
2. These maggots eat away at a wound’s dead tissue. While consuming the dead tissue, they secrete substances that kill bacteria and promote healing.
   
   
3. As the maggots come into contact with dead tissue in a wound, they secrete enzymes powerful enough to transform this tissue into a liquid to eliminate it.

When Is Biosurgical Debridement With Live Maggots Used?

Biosurgical debridement isn’t always the best option for treating chronic or infected wounds. There are, however, certain instances in which the healthcare providers from MedCentris might recommend using maggot therapy for wound healing over alternative options.

Biosurgical debridement is the preferred option for patients with:

• Large wounds
• Wounds impacted by antibiotic-resistant bacteria
• Chronic wounds with high amounts of dead tissue

It’s also useful for those who can’t turn to surgery as an option.

What Are the Benefits of Using Biosurgical Biodebridement for Infected and Chronic Wounds?

Biosurgical debridement is one of the many solutions that MedCentris uses to treat patients with infected and chronic wounds. It can provide several benefits in regard to wound healing.

Here are the benefits of using biosurgical debridement:

• Eliminates dead tissue from wounds without affecting the healthy tissue that surrounds it
• Removes bacteria from wounds to reduce infection risks
• Enables the body to produce more healthy granulation tissue
• Reduces inflammation in and around wounds and puts a stop to their pungent odors

Biosurgical debridement can also speed up healing and reduce the chances of wounds causing additional health problems.

Take Advantage of Non-Surgical Wound Cleaning Methods Like Biosurgical Debridement at MedCentris

If you’re suffering from a large wound that won’t seem to heal and go away on its own, MedCentris may suggest undergoing biosurgical debridement. It is one of our most effective wound treatment options. Reach out to us at 855-432-5328 today to request a consultation.