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. 2013 Jul 25;2013:192149. doi: 10.1155/2013/192149

Table 1.

Patients and wound characteristics.

Wound type
Traumatic Ischemic Venous Diabetic
Duration of MDT cycle 48 hours 48 hours 48 hours 72 hours 48 hours 72 hours
Total number of analyzed bags 4 7 4 9 7 21
Patient characteristics
Age
 <60 years (%) 4 (100.0) 1 (14.3) 1 (25.0) 2 (22.2) 4 (57.1) 0 (0.0)
 >60 years (%) 0 (0.0) 6 (85.7) 3 (75.0) 7 (77.8) 3 (42.9) 21 (100.0)
Sex
 Male (%) 4 (100.0) 7 (100.0) 1 (25.0) 2 (22.2) 7 (100.0) 4 (19.0)
 Female (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (75.0) 7 (77.8) 0 (0.0) 17 (81.0)
Wound characteristics
Size (%)
 <15 cm2 (%) 0 (0.0) 1 (14.3) 2 (50.0) 3 (33.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 15–50 cm2 (%) 1 (25.0) 3 (42.9) 2 (50.0) 2 (22.2) 5 (71.4) 17 (81.0)
 >50 cm2 (%) 34 (75.0) 3 (42.9) 0 (0.0) 4 (44.4) 2 (28.6) 4 (19.0)
Location
 Hand and wrist (%) 34 (75.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Foot (%) 0 (0.0) 1 (14.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (100.0) 20 (95.2)
 Ankle (%) 1 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (75.0) 3 (33.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.8)
 Calf (%) 0 (0.0) 6 (85.7) 1 (25.0) 6 (66.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Duration
 <3 months (%) 4 (100.0) 1 (14.3) 4 (100.0) 4 (44.4) 5 (71.4) 13 (61.9)
 >3 months (%) 0 (0.0) 6 (85.7) 0 (0.0) 5 (55.6) 2 (28.6) 8 (38.1)
Depth1
 Superficial (%) 1 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (100.0) 9 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (9.5)
 Deep (%) 34 (75.0) 7 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (100.0) 19 (90.5)
Treatment preceding2 MDT
 Systemic and local antibiotic/antimycotic therapy, surgical debridement (%) 34 (75.0) 6 (85.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (57.1) 9 (42.9)
 Local antiseptic treatment only (%) 0 (0.0) 1 (14.3) 3 (75.0) 2 (22.2) 1 (14.3) 7 (33.3)
 Local antiseptic treatment and natural products3 (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (25.0) 6 (66.7) 2 (28.6) 4 (19.0)
 Enzymatic debridement (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.8)
 Autolytic debridement (%) 1 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (11.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)

1Wounds were classified as superficial if they affected only epidermal and dermal layers and deep if they included tendons or bones.

2Up to 7 days prior to application of bagged maggots.

3Natural products applied topically included medicinal honey and herbal extracts.

4A single wound over 180 cm2 of irregular shape was treated with 3 bags (>50 cm2 each) placed on different parts of the wound.