AN RCT OF BERI HONEY DRESSING VERSUS MAGNESIUM SULPHATE DRESSING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF INFECTED WOUNDS

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the outcome of Honey dressing with Magnesium sulfate dressing in the management of infected wounds in terms of days to granulation tissue formation and days to the healing of the wound.

Setting and Duration: Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Child Health Sciences Lahore. June 2021 to June 2022.

Methods: This was a randomized clinical trial conducted after IRB approval. Eighty patients with infected surgical wounds were selected and enrolled in this study. Patients were divided randomly into two groups; Group-A (Honey-dressing) and Group- B (Magnesium sulfate dressing), 40 in each group. The time to achieve healthy granulation tissue and the time to achieve wound healing were compared. All the data were entered in SPSS version 23. An Independent sample t-test was used for the comparison of continuous variables.

Results: The honey-dressing group had older children despite randomization. Both groups were similar with respect to the gender ratio. Time to achieve healthy granulation tissue (11.5 ± 6.1 VS 18.7 ± 7.4 days, p-value ≤0.001) and time to achieve wound healing (14 ± 6.4 VS 21.9 ± 7.5 days, p-value ≤0.001) were significantly less in the honey-dressing group.

Conclusion: The current study concluded that the patients with infected surgical wounds treated with honey dressing achieved early wound healing as compared to magnesium sulfate dressing.