Topical Treatment of Nonhealing Venous Leg Ulcer with Propolis Ointment
Joint Authors
Kucharzewski, Marek
Kózka, M.
Urbanek, Tomasz
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-04-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
An investigation of effectiveness of topical treatment of nonhealing chronic venous leg ulcers with propolis ointment was conducted.
56 patients were included in the study and randomized into two groups.
In group 1, there were 28 patients (ulceration area: 6.9–9.78 cm2) treated by means of topical propolis ointment application and short stretch bandage compression.
In group 2, there were 29 patients (ulceration area: 7.2–9.4 cm2) treated by means of Unna boot leg compression without topical propolis treatment.
In the study, the efficacy of both treatment methods in patients with resistive venous leg ulcers was compared.
The ulceration of patients from group 1 healed completely after 6 weeks of therapy in all cases.
In all patients from group 2, the process of healing was longer but successfully completed after 16 weeks of the therapy.
We found that an adjunctive propolis ointment treatment increases the efficacy of the short stretch bandage compression stocking, and this combined treatment is more effective than Unna’s boot compression alone.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kucharzewski, Marek& Kózka, M.& Urbanek, Tomasz. 2013. Topical Treatment of Nonhealing Venous Leg Ulcer with Propolis Ointment. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kucharzewski, Marek…[et al.]. Topical Treatment of Nonhealing Venous Leg Ulcer with Propolis Ointment. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kucharzewski, Marek& Kózka, M.& Urbanek, Tomasz. Topical Treatment of Nonhealing Venous Leg Ulcer with Propolis Ointment. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-457719
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-457719