Multicentre prospective observational study on professional wound care using honey (Medihoney™)

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-259

  Biglari, Bahram ^a   Moghaddam, Arash ^a   Santos, Kai ^b   Blaser, Gisela ^b   Büchler, Axel ^a   Jansen, Gisela ^c   Längler, Alfred ^d   Graf, Norbert ^e   Weiler, Ursula ^f   Licht, Verena ^g   Strölin, Anke ^g   Keck, Brigitta ^h   Lauf, Volker ⁱ   Bode, Udo ^b   Swing, Tyler ^j   Hanano, Ralph ^k   Schwarz, Nicolas T ^l   Simon, Arne ^b  

^a Department of Paraplegia Technical Orthopedics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^e SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin GmbH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

ⁱ Ludmillenstift Hospital   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k Ralno Biomedical Consulting and Services   (Germany)

^l Friedrich Ebert Krankenhaus   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Debridement; Honey; Necrosis; Pain; Slough; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BURN; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONEY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878147408     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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