Use of honey as an adjunct in the healing of split-thickness skin graft donor site

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-172

  Misirlioglu, Aykut ^a,c   Eroglu, Sinem ^b   Karacaoglan, Naci ^b   Akan, Mithat ^a   Akoz, Tayfun ^a   Yildirim, Serkan ^a  

^a Kartal Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DONOR SITE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIZATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HONEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCOLLOID; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; WOUND; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037318066     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29043.x     Document Type: Article

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