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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| author | Anand Deep Shukla Abhay T. Kamath Adarsh Kudva Deepika Pai Nilesh Patel |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5db38395e6f1473d822963eceae5cfed2025-02-03T06:45:19ZengWileyCase Reports in Dentistry2090-64472090-64552016-01-01201610.1155/2016/70309257030925Our Experience in the Management of Traumatic Wound Myiasis: Report of 3 Cases and Review of the LiteratureAnand Deep Shukla0Abhay T. Kamath1Adarsh Kudva2Deepika Pai3Nilesh Patel4Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, IndiaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, IndiaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, IndiaDepartment of Pedodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, IndiaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, IndiaCompromised 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7030925 |
| spellingShingle | Anand Deep Shukla Abhay T. Kamath Adarsh Kudva Deepika Pai Nilesh Patel Our Experience in the Management of Traumatic Wound Myiasis: Report of 3 Cases and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Dentistry |
| title | Our Experience in the Management of Traumatic Wound Myiasis: Report of 3 Cases and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Our Experience in the Management of Traumatic Wound Myiasis: Report of 3 Cases and Review of the Literature |
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| title_short | Our Experience in the Management of Traumatic Wound Myiasis: Report of 3 Cases and Review of the Literature |
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