I had an uncle who fought in WWII and whose leg, wounded in combat, the doctors attempted to remove the gangrene of with maggots in an attempt to avoid amputating it. Unfortunately they forgot to first clue in said uncle, who freaked when one of the little critters wriggled out of the bandage.
I’ve heard varying accounts of how well this works. Some report that the maggots can eat TOO much from a wound, going at the living flesh and becoming counterproductive, if left there too long.
Now we know to look for a rotted log and don’t leave them on the wound too long.
Nope. Did some wound care in the past as part of a Hyperbaric Medicine practice, local Plastic surgeon would use them. The beauty of the maggots is they only consume necrotic, dead tissue. Leave a lovely pink granular wound base behind..