What is MDT?
Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT) is the process by which Medifly maggots remove necrotic tissue by enzymic action and NOT mechanical action. Maggots are mobile biochemical factories, moving over surfaces of the wound secreting a powerful mixture of proteolytic enzymes which breakdown dead tissue, liquidizing it.
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The History
Maggot Debridement Therapy, or MDT for short, is one of the oldest forms of medicine. It is a century old practice used to clean rotting wounds, with records tracing back to Australian Aborigines and Mayan Indians. Earliest documented reports during the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War in the 1800′s made mention of the beneficial action...
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The Application Process
Maggot Debridement is usually a nursing procedure, administered by trained and/or authorised clinicians. The procedure is fuss-free, and can be administered quickly and efficiently, with standard equipment and dressings, e.g. non-woven gauze, Semi-permeable adhesive membranes and hydrocolloid dressings.
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