Honey-impregnated dressings and usual care did not differ for healing venous leg ulcers

Honey-impregnated dressings and usual care did not differ for healing venous leg ulcers.

Randomized clinical trial of honey-impregnated dressings for venous leg ulcers.

BACKGROUND The efficacy of honey as a treatment for venous ulcers has not been evaluated, despite widespread interest. This trial aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of honey as a dressing for venous ulcers. METHODS This community-based open-label randomized trial allocated people with a venous ulcer to calcium alginate dressings impregnated with manuka honey or usual care. All par...

Dressings for venous leg ulcers: systematic review and meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE To review the evidence of effectiveness of dressings applied to venous leg ulcers. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Hand searches of journals and searches of electronic databases, conference proceedings, and bibliographies up to April 2006; contacts with dressing manufacturers for unpublished studies. STUDIES REVIEWED All randomised controlled trials that...

Topical agents or dressings for pain in venous leg ulcers.

BACKGROUND Venous leg ulcers affect up to 1 per cent of people at some time in their life. These ulcers are often painful and some clinicians choose dressings to reduce the pain both during and between dressing changes. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of dressings, local anaesthetics/analgesics for pain relief in venous leg ulceration. SEARCH STRATEGY Cochrane Wounds Group Register a...

Acceptability to patients of a honey dressing for non-healing venous leg ulcers.

OBJECTIVES This four-centre feasibility study was undertaken to determine whether Medihoney, a proprietary blend of honeys, is an acceptable treatment for patients with leg ulcers in terms of pain relief, odour control and overall patient satisfaction. METHOD Forty patients whose leg ulcers had not responded to 12 weeks of compression therapy were recruited. Medihoney dressings were applied o...