Trial reportTechniques in coloproctology2023
The value of honey dressings in pilonidal cyst healing: a prospective randomized single-center trial.
Trial report in Techniques in coloproctology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02485860 (Interest in the Use of Dressings With Honey for Wound Healing After Excision of Pilonidal Cyst), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Interest in the Use of Dressings With Honey for Wound Healing After Excision of Pilonidal Cyst
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Efficacy and Safety of Honey Dressings in the Management of Chronic Wounds: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- The application of EPSiT in pilonidal sinus disease: an international Delphi consensus study endorsed by the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI).Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundHoney is described as a wound healing agent. Many virtues have been attributed to it, in particular, antibacterial properties. The aim of our study was to evaluate its value in healing of wounds after wide excision on pilonidal cyst healing.
methodsA prospective randomized trial was conducted from March 2016 to February 2022 which included patients with a persistent non healed wound which required packing 6 weeks after pilonidal cyst excision. Patients were randomly allocated to simple alginate wick dressings or the same design plus honey.
resultsFifty patients were included in each arm. There were 57 men and 43 women. The median age was 22 years (range 19-28 years). The mean healing time was 61 (± 44) days in the wick + honey group compared to 78 (± 55) days in the simple alginate wick group (p = 0.094). There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of time off work and time without physical activity The VQ-Dermato quality of life score was equivalent in both groups.
conclusionsTolerability for honey dressings is good and is equivalent to that of alginate dressings in cavity wound care. This trial did not reach a significant difference in its primary endpoint but it shows the value of honey in this indication, although its use requires further study. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: CLINICAL TRIALS: NCT02485860 and EUDRACT: 2015-A00452-47 (10/03/2015).
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