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Abstract
Honey impregnated gauze was compared with OpSiteR as a cover for fresh partial thickness burns in 2 groups of 46 randomly allocated patients. Honey impregnated gauze dressed wounds showed healing earlier as compared to OpSite (mean 10.8 versus 15.3 days).
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Publication history
Accepted:
January 5,
1993
Received:
August 24,
1992
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© 1993 The British Asscociation of Plastic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc.
