A comparative study between honey and povidone iodine as dressing solution for Wagner type II diabetic foot ulcers.

• Main Authors: Awang, Mohd Shukrimi, Sulaiman, Abdul Razak, Yusof, Abdul Halim, Mohamed Amin, Mohamed Azril
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2008
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/30855/1/Wagner_Type_II_Diabetic_Foot_Ulcers.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/30855/; http://www.e-mjm.org/2008/v63n1/Wagner_Type_II_Diabetic_Foot_Ulcers.pdf

Honey dressing has been used to promote wound healing for years but scanty scientific studies did not provide enough evidences to justify it benefits in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. We conducted a prospective study to compare the effect of honey dressing for Wagner's grade-II diabetic...