Honey as a topical treatment for wounds

  1. Figure 1

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    Risk of bias summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.

  2. Figure 2

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    Risk of bias graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.

  3. Analysis 1.1

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    Analysis 1.1

    Comparison 1 Minor acute wounds: honey vs. no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 1 Time to healing.

  4. Analysis 1.2

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    Comparison 1 Minor acute wounds: honey vs. no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 2 Adverse events.

  5. Analysis 1.3

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    Analysis 1.3

    Comparison 1 Minor acute wounds: honey vs. no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 3 Infection.

  6. Analysis 2.1

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    Comparison 2 Partial thickness burns: honey vs no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 1 Time to healing (days).

  7. Analysis 2.2

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    Comparison 2 Partial thickness burns: honey vs no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 2 Adverse events.

  8. Analysis 2.3

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    Analysis 2.3

    Comparison 2 Partial thickness burns: honey vs no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 3 Negative swab at Day 7-8.

  9. Analysis 3.1

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    Analysis 3.1

    Comparison 3 Burns: honey with delayed graft PRN vs early excision & grafting (no honey), Outcome 1 Time to healing (days).

  10. Analysis 3.2

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    Comparison 3 Burns: honey with delayed graft PRN vs early excision & grafting (no honey), Outcome 2 Mean duration of antibiotic therapy (days).

  11. Analysis 4.1

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    Comparison 4 Burns: honey vs silver sulfadiazine (SSD), Outcome 1 Time to healing (days).

  12. Analysis 4.2

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    Comparison 4 Burns: honey vs silver sulfadiazine (SSD), Outcome 2 Proportion burns completely healed.

  13. Analysis 4.3

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    Analysis 4.3

    Comparison 4 Burns: honey vs silver sulfadiazine (SSD), Outcome 3 Adverse events.

  14. Analysis 4.4

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    Comparison 4 Burns: honey vs silver sulfadiazine (SSD), Outcome 4 Negative swab at Day 7.

  15. Analysis 5.1

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    Comparison 5 Burns: honey vs. no honey (atypical dressings), Outcome 1 Time to healing (days).

  16. Analysis 6.1

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    Comparison 6 Mixed acute and chronic wounds, Outcome 1 Time to healing (days).

  17. Analysis 6.2

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    Comparison 6 Mixed acute and chronic wounds, Outcome 2 Negative swab at Day 7.

  18. Analysis 7.1

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    Comparison 7 Chronic wounds, Outcome 1 Proportion healed.

  19. Analysis 7.2

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    Comparison 7 Chronic wounds, Outcome 2 Time to healing (days).

  20. Analysis 7.3

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    Comparison 7 Chronic wounds, Outcome 3 Venous ulcers: proportion healed at 12 weeks.

  21. Analysis 7.4

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    Comparison 7 Chronic wounds, Outcome 4 Venous ulcers: infection.

  22. Analysis 7.5

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    Analysis 7.5

    Comparison 7 Chronic wounds, Outcome 5 Mixed wounds: proportion healed.