Maggot Debridement Therapy in Palliative Care: Necrotic Tumor
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HThis week I was asked about using maggot therapy for treating a tumor that eroded through the skin, causing a foul-smelling, necrotic draining wound. This is not an...
View ArticleDeserving of More Respect: Changing Attitudes Toward Maggot Debridement Therapy
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HLike Rodney Dangerfield, maggot therapy sometimes gets no respect. Take, for example, the following comment which appeared on the WoundSource Facebook page, in response...
View ArticleWhy are Maggots Considered “Yuckier” than Leeches?: Examining our...
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HTwo hundred years ago, Joseph Joubert wrote: “To teach is to learn twice.” For me, preparing for a lecture or workshop is like learning the latest information all over...
View ArticleMaggot-Induced Wound Healing – What is the Evidence?
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HOver 80 years ago, Dr. William Baer — then Chair of Orthopedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins — observed that wounds debrided with maggot therapy healed at least as well and...
View ArticleMisinformation Technology - The Responsibility of Medical Experts in the...
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&H and Lynn Wang, BAWarning: Information ahead. Read responsibly. Consume with caution. In this age of information technology, we all have ready access to an abundance of...
View ArticleWhat's in a Name? The Many Terms for Maggot Therapy
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&H and Lynn Wang, BAWilliam Shakespeare wrote: "That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet" (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2). William Baer...
View ArticleThe Shortcomings of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Wound Care Research
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HThe Primary Issues with Systematic Reviews My contribution to this column is very much overdue. Among other things, I have spent much of my time this past 12 months...
View ArticleEven Medicinal Maggots Carry Warnings
by Deboshree Roy, MSC and Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HMost wound care therapists are well acquainted with the benefits of maggot debridement therapy (MDT) by now, but may not be as informed about its...
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Want to Understand Your Wound Care Patient's Perspective? Just Ask!
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HSeveral months back, I suggested that we could better understand our patients' actions (for example, why patients do not adhere to their treatment plans) by looking at...
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Bagged and Free-Range: How Different Maggot Therapy Dressings Work
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HI have been avoiding the topic of addressing the differences between contained (bagged) versus confined (non-bagged or "free-range") maggot therapy because I haven't...
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What the Studies Say: Contained and Free-Range Maggot Therapy Delivery
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HIn my previous post on maggot therapy, we discussed the differences between confinement and containment maggot therapy dressings. This post will examine the studies...
View ArticleWhen Should Contained Maggot Therapy Be Used For Wound Debridement?
by Ronald Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HIn a previous post, we learned that all clinical studies to date and all but one laboratory study indicate that contained ("bagged") maggots are effective in wound...
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Weighing Wound Care Conference Speakers’ Qualifications Against Their...
by Ronald Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HI am seeing more and more expert lecturers being disqualified from speaking at wound care conferences, simply because their qualifications include significant...
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Common Obstacles on the Road to Maggot Debridement Therapy
by Ronald Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HBob Hope and Bing Crosby starred in a series of films called "On the Road" in which the duo traveled around the globe, facing a variety of amusing obstacles and...
View ArticleMisinformation Technology - The Responsibility of Medical Experts in the...
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&H and Lynn Wang, BAWarning: Information ahead. Read responsibly. Consume with caution. In this age of information technology, we all have ready access to an abundance of...
View ArticleWhat's in a Name? The Many Terms for Maggot Therapy
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&H and Lynn Wang, BAWilliam Shakespeare wrote: "That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet" (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2). William Baer...
View ArticleThe Shortcomings of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Wound Care Research
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HThe Primary Issues with Systematic Reviews My contribution to this column is very much overdue. Among other things, I have spent much of my time this past 12 months...
View ArticleEven Medicinal Maggots Carry Warnings
by Deboshree Roy, MSC and Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&H
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Want to Understand Your Wound Care Patient's Perspective? Just Ask!
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&HSeveral months back, I suggested that we could better understand our patients' actions (for example, why patients do not adhere to their treatment plans) by looking at...
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Bagged and Free-Range: How Different Maggot Therapy Dressings Work
by Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&H
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