Open AccessFormal saline versus honey as escharotic in the conservative management of major omphaloceles
Author(s) -
Christopher Bode,
Adesoji O Ademuyiwa,
Olumide A Elebute
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_159_17
Subject(s) - medicine , omphalocele , surgery , saline , conservative management , isotonic saline , eschar , anesthesia , pregnancy , fetus , genetics , biology
The use of honey as an escharotic agent in the conservative management of omphalocele major has not been widely explored in spite of its proven benefits in chronic wound management. We explored the use of local honey as an escharotic agent by comparing its use with 2.5% formal saline in the conservative management of major omphaloceles at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.