Burning ulcers of grade 3. Burn and corrosion of trunk, shoulder and upper limb, wrist and hand, hip and lower limb, ankle and foot
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Maggot therapy (use of larvae of Lucilia sericata) will use beside of routine therapeutic measures. Routine therapy may be involves local and systemic measures, va
Sponsors
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who have at least one burning ulcer (3rd grade) with bacterial infection. Patients who have not need anticoagulant or steroid pharmaceutics. Patients who have not acute or other chronic diseases. Patients who have ?not addicted to alcohol or opium. Patients who have not Osteomyelitis. Patients who have not entomophobia.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who have sever diseases such as heart disorders and so on during maggot Therapy. Patients who get sever and un-controlled fever during maggot therapy. Patients who have sever pain during maggot Therapy. Patients with maceration around the wound after each interval of maggot therapy. Patients who take bleeding during maggot therapy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measuring the necrotic tissues. Timepoint: 48 and 96 hours after starting of treatment. Method of measurement: Photographing and measuring by MATLAB 1.6, the mathwork inc, natic, ma, 2000. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Bacterial infections, Staphilococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Timepoint: 48 and 96 hours after treatment. Method of measurement: culturing of samples in laboratory. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactJavad Rafinejad
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed