Honey as a topical treatment for wounds
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Figure 1
Show caption and image optionsFigure 1Risk of bias summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.
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Figure 2
Show caption and image optionsFigure 2Risk of bias graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.
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Analysis 1.1
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 1.1Comparison 1 Minor acute wounds: honey vs. no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 1 Time to healing.
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Analysis 1.2
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 1.2Comparison 1 Minor acute wounds: honey vs. no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 2 Adverse events.
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Analysis 1.3
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 1.3Comparison 1 Minor acute wounds: honey vs. no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 3 Infection.
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Analysis 2.1
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 2.1Comparison 2 Partial thickness burns: honey vs no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 1 Time to healing (days).
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Analysis 2.2
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 2.2Comparison 2 Partial thickness burns: honey vs no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 2 Adverse events.
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Analysis 2.3
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 2.3Comparison 2 Partial thickness burns: honey vs no honey (conventional dressings), Outcome 3 Negative swab at Day 7-8.
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Analysis 3.1
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 3.1Comparison 3 Burns: honey with delayed graft PRN vs early excision & grafting (no honey), Outcome 1 Time to healing (days).
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Analysis 3.2
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 3.2Comparison 3 Burns: honey with delayed graft PRN vs early excision & grafting (no honey), Outcome 2 Mean duration of antibiotic therapy (days).
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Analysis 4.1
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 4.1Comparison 4 Burns: honey vs silver sulfadiazine (SSD), Outcome 1 Time to healing (days).
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Analysis 4.2
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 4.2Comparison 4 Burns: honey vs silver sulfadiazine (SSD), Outcome 2 Proportion burns completely healed.
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Analysis 4.3
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 4.3Comparison 4 Burns: honey vs silver sulfadiazine (SSD), Outcome 3 Adverse events.
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Analysis 4.4
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 4.4Comparison 4 Burns: honey vs silver sulfadiazine (SSD), Outcome 4 Negative swab at Day 7.
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Analysis 5.1
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 5.1Comparison 5 Burns: honey vs. no honey (atypical dressings), Outcome 1 Time to healing (days).
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Analysis 6.1
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 6.1Comparison 6 Mixed acute and chronic wounds, Outcome 1 Time to healing (days).
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Analysis 6.2
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 6.2Comparison 6 Mixed acute and chronic wounds, Outcome 2 Negative swab at Day 7.
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Analysis 7.1
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 7.1Comparison 7 Chronic wounds, Outcome 1 Proportion healed.
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Analysis 7.2
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 7.2Comparison 7 Chronic wounds, Outcome 2 Time to healing (days).
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Analysis 7.3
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 7.3Comparison 7 Chronic wounds, Outcome 3 Venous ulcers: proportion healed at 12 weeks.
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Analysis 7.4
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 7.4Comparison 7 Chronic wounds, Outcome 4 Venous ulcers: infection.
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Analysis 7.5
Show caption and image optionsAnalysis 7.5Comparison 7 Chronic wounds, Outcome 5 Mixed wounds: proportion healed.