Observational studyInternational wound journal2013
Multicentre prospective observational study on professional wound care using honey (Medihoney™).
Observational study in International wound journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Testing Sonication and Different Transport Media to Enhance Microbial Detection in Hard-to-Heal Venous Leg Ulcers.International wound journal · 2025Observational
- Honey as a Natural Antimicrobial.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Use of Medical Grade Honey on Infected Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers-A Prospective Case-Control Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Use of Medical-Grade Honey to Treat Clinically Infected Heel Pressure Ulcers in High-Risk Patients: A Prospective Case Series.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Non-Healing Perianal Fistulas: A Clinical Model of Tissue Senescence Impairing Both Tissue Fibrosis and Regenerative Potential.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Infrared Thermography for Early Identification and Treatment of Shoulder Sores to Improve Sow and Piglet Welfare.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Medical-Grade Honey as an Alternative Treatment for Antibiotics in Non-Healing Wounds-A Prospective Case Series.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Honey in wound healing: An updated review.Open life sciences · 2021Review
- A Comparison of the Effects of Topical Prolavacid Solution (a Polyhexamethylene Biguanide-Based Wound Cleanser) and Medihoney Ointment in a Rat Model of Cutaneous Wound.Advances in wound care · 2017Article
- Therapeutic Manuka Honey: No Longer So Alternative.Frontiers in microbiology · 2016Review
- Ulcerated tophaceous gout.BMJ case reports · 2015Article
- Dressings and Products in Pediatric Wound Care.Advances in wound care · 2014Review
- Up-to-date use of honey for burns treatment.Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2014Review
- Analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of honey: the involvement of autonomic receptors.Metabolic brain disease · 2014Article
- Evaluation of the effects of honey on acute-phase deep burn wounds.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013Article
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18 authors at 9 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
In recent years, the treatment of wounds with honey has received an increasing amount of attention from healthcare professionals in Germany and Austria. We conducted a prospective observational multicentre study using Medihoney™ dressings in 10 hospitals - nine in Germany and one in Austria. Wound-associated parameters were monitored systematically at least three times in all patients. Data derived from the treatment of 121 wounds of various aetiologies over a period of 2 years were analysed. Almost half of the patients were younger than 18 years old, and 32% of the study population was oncology patients. Overall, wound size decreased significantly during the study period and many wounds healed after relatively short time periods. Similarly, perceived pain levels decreased significantly, and the wounds showed noticeably less slough/necrosis. In general, our findings show honey to be an effective and feasible treatment option for professional wound care. In addition, our study showed a relationship between pain and slough/necrosis at the time of recruitment and during wound healing. Future comparative trials are still needed to evaluate the extent to which the positive observations made in this and other studies can definitely be attributed to the effects of honey in wound care.
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