TY - JOUR T1 - Manuka honey improved wound healing in patients with sloughy venous leg ulcers JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 148 LP - 148 DO - 10.1136/ebm.14.5.148 VL - 14 IS - 5 A2 - , Y1 - 2009/10/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/14/5/148.abstract N2 - Design: randomised controlled trial. Allocation: concealed.* Blinding: blinded (statistician).* Setting: vascular centres, leg ulcer clinics, and acute and community care hospitals. Patients: 108 patients >18 years of age (mean age 68 y) who had a venous leg ulcer (VLU) <100 cm2 with ⩾50% of the wound bed covered in slough. Exclusion criteria were malignant ulcer, wound infection, presence of a cavity wound, use of antibiotics or oral immunosuppressants, poorly controlled diabetes, pregnancy or lactation, and previous enrolment in the study. Intervention: Wounds were cleansed with warm tap water and then treated with 5 g/20 cm2 Manuka honey (n = 54), or 3 g/20 cm2 hydrogel therapy (n = 54), weekly for 4 weeks. Use of Allevyn hydrocellular foam as … ER -