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Efficacy of negative pressure therapy versus honey therapy on lower limb ulcers
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Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of Negative pressure therapy versus Honey therapy on lower limb ulcers. Subjects and Methods: Patients with lower limb ulcers aging from thirty to fifty years were assigned randomly into two study groups of equal numbers (A and B). group A received Honey therapy, regular wound care and medications, while group B received negative pressure therapy, regular wound care and medications. Both groups received treatment program once daily, every other day for six weeks or until ulcers healing. Ulcer surface area and ulcer volume measurement were used to evaluate wound ulcer healing in patient with lower limb ulcers in both groups before and after two weeks, four weeks and six weeks of treatment. The results revealed significant improvement of all measured variables in two groups after two weeks, four weeks and six weeks of treatment, also revealed significant difference when compared the two groups after treatment in favor of the group A. Conclution: Honey therapy is more effective than Negative pressure therapy in healing of lower limb ulcers