Our Experience in the Management of Traumatic Wound Myiasis: Report of 3 Cases and Review of the Literature

Compromised health and hygiene can lead to many complications and one among them is traumatic wound myiasis. Myiasis is the invasion of living tissues by larvae of flies. Three cases of traumatic orofacial wound myiasis and treatment strategies followed for the management of them are reported in thi...

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Main Authors: Anand Deep Shukla (Author), Abhay T. Kamath (Author), Adarsh Kudva (Author), Deepika Pai (Author), Nilesh Patel (Author)
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Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Compromised health and hygiene can lead to many complications and one among them is traumatic wound myiasis. Myiasis is the invasion of living tissues by larvae of flies. Three cases of traumatic orofacial wound myiasis and treatment strategies followed for the management of them are reported in this paper.
Item Description:2090-6447
2090-6455
10.1155/2016/7030925