Growth and Survival of Bagged Lucilia sericata Maggots in Wounds of Patients Undergoing Maggot Debridement Therapy.

A closer examination of larval development in venous and diabetic wounds after 48 and 72 h treatment showed that survival in venous ulcers was on average 19% lower than in diabetic wounds, but the etiology of the wound just failed to reach statistical significance at the 95% level (wound type: F = 3.7243, df = 1, 37, P = 0.0613; duration of treatment: F = 1.5662, df = 1, 37, P = 0.2186; interaction: F = 0.040, df = 1, 37; P = 0.8427).

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While we realize that sample size in the current study was relatively small which may limit generalization of the results and that our study would be much more powerful if it also included information about development of free-range larvae, our data indicate that there may be significant differences in the growth and development of larvae in different types of wounds. 4.

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