When a 60 Minutes trailer aired showing maggots in the surgical wound of one of Munjed Al Muderis’ former patients, he engaged a public relations professional.
Maggots do not pose a “major problem” in patients post surgery despite their portrayal, prominent surgeon Munjed Al Muderis has told the Federal Court.episode on September 11, 2022, which featured a former patient who discovered maggots on his surgical wounds, he engaged a public relations professional.
Osseointegration surgery involves inserting titanium pins into the residual bone of an amputee, allowing prosthetic limbs to be connected.Al Muderis denied the move was an effort to stave off negative perceptions about maggots in surgical wounds. “It’s the way maggots have been portrayed as a major disaster,” Al Muderis said. “Maggots are not a major problem.”
Surgeon Munjed Al Muderis and barrister Sue Chrysanthou, SC, at the Federal Court in Sydney earlier this month.trailer was aired on September 11, but the show’s broadcast was put back for one week after news broke of