| Abstract |
TW Tse 謝梓華
Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) is the medical use of live maggots (fly larvae) for promoting debridement and healing of the chronic wounds. This article reports a case of MDT in Hong Kong for a non-healing infected wound after extensive surgical resection and radiotherapy treatment for malignant fibrous histiocytoma. A summary of the rationale of MDT will be discussed. (Hong Kong J. Dermatol. Venereol. (2006) 14, 78-81)
蛆蟲療法採用活蛆蟲敷料，覆蓋在慢性皮膚潰瘍上，蛆蟲把傷口內的壞死組織清除，促進傷口癒合。這宗病例顯示，患者患有惡性纖維組織細胞瘤，腫瘤經廣泛性外科手術切除和電療後，傷口歷久不癒，形成慢性潰瘍，而且受細菌感染。後來患者接受了蛆蟲療法，傷口明顯地癒合不少。作者透過這宗病例，對蛆蟲療法作出深入的探討。
Keywords : Chronic wound, Hong Kong, maggot therapy, malignant fibrous histiocytoma
關鍵詞：慢性潰瘍、香港、蛆蟲療法、惡性纖維組織細胞瘤