Many patients with gangrenous or non-healing wounds
have been treated successfully with
Maggot Therapy
At the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach, California, and at the University of California in Irvine, CA, we have treated patients with pressure ulcers ("bed sores"), diabetic foot wounds, venous stasis ulcers, and post-surgical wounds, since 1989.
A few of these patients have volunteered to be photographed for educational purposes. These photographs are presented here, in hopes that people with similar needs, or with an interest in the medical uses of maggots, might have a chance to "see" how the maggots have helped these patients.
