Safety and efficacy of larval therapy on treating leg ulcers: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Leg ulcers (LUs) not only seriously affect life and work of patients, but also bring huge economic burden to the society. As a potential underused biological debridement, larval therapy provides help for the treatment of LUs. The purpose of our research is to assess whether patients with LUs can benefit from larval therapy.

Methods and analysis

The following electronic databases will be searched: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Wanfang Database and Chinese Biological Medicine. Randomised controlled trials are eligible for inclusion. There will be no restrictions with respect to language and search date is up to June 2020. Primary outcomes investigated are complete healing rate after treatmen

SUBMITTER: Fan W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7545619 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature