Moist exposed burn ointment: Role of alternative therapy in the management of partial-thickness burns
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Efficacy of moist exposed burn ointment on burns.
In this study, we sought to test the medical efficacy of a Chinese medical herb product, moist exposed burn ointment (MEBO), on wound healing rate and infection control in burn injury. Standardized deep burn wounds were created on the back skin of rats by applying a hot brass bar for 12 to 18 seconds. MEBO was applied four times per day and compared with petroleum jelly, silver sulfadiazine, an...
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INTRODUCTION Conventional management of partial thickness facial burn wounds includes the use of silver sulphadiazine dressings. Silver sulphadiazine forms an overlying slough that makes wound healing assessment difficult. Moist exposed burn ointment (MEBO) has been proposed as the ideal burn wound dressing both for burns of the face and other sites. Proponents of MEBO claim that it accelerates...
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Introduction Moist exposed burn ointment (MEBO) is an example of an alternative remedy proposed in the management of burn injuries. Developed in the late 1980s at the China National Science and Technology Centre in Beijing with its clinical use reported originally from China, MEBO is a petrolatum-based ointment containing sesame oil, β -sitosterol, berberine and other plant ingredients. The pre...
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CONTEXT Moist exposed burn ointment (MEBO), from China, has been said to revolutionize burn management. OBJECTIVE Our study was conducted to compare MEBO with conventional management (C) with respect to the rate of wound healing, antibacterial and analgesic effect, and hospital costs. DESIGN This is a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial conducted between 1 March 1997 and 24 O...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0378-6323
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.66589