Table 1.
Demographics and clinical data of burn patients in both treatment arms
| Variable |
Total N = 31 |
Larvae n = 15 |
Conventional therapy n = 16 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men, n (%) | 31 (100) | 15 (100) | 16 (100) | - |
| Age, yrs | ||||
| 20–40 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0.76 |
| 40–60 | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
| > 60 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Mean ± SD | 48.4 ± 18.6 | 45.3 ± 22.8 | 50.3 ± 15.8 | |
| Mechanism, n (%) | ||||
| Boiling water | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0.83 |
| Chemical | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Electrical | 14 | 7 | 7 | |
| Radiation | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flame | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Burning site, n (%) | ||||
| Hand | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0.86 |
| Foot | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| Other | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Type infection | ||||
| Staphylococcus | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0.15 |
| Pseudomonas | 13 | 7 | 6 | |
| Both | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Others | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Burn degree (grade III based on ICD-10 classifications) | 31 (100) | 15 (100) | 16 (100) | - |
| Size wound (cm2) | ||||
| 5–100 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0.59 |
| > 100 | 15 | 8 | 7 | |
| Necrosis (%) | ||||
| 50 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0.60 |
| 50 | 18 | 8 | 10 | |