Topical Application of Honey in Treatment of Abdominal Wound Disruption
- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 32 (4) , 381-384
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828x.1992.tb02861.x
Abstract
The usefulness of honey application as an alternative method of managing abdominal wound disruption was assessed. Fifteen patients whose wound disrupted after Caesarean section were treated with honey application and wound approximation by micropore tape instead of the traditional method of wound dressing with subsequent resuturing. We achieved excellent results in all the cases with complete healing within 2 weeks. Honey application is inexpensive, effective and avoids the need to resuture which also requires general anaesthesia.Keywords
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