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A bag full of sugar. Surgeons find that ordinary table sugar is a sweet adjunct to conventional treatment of deep wound healing.

Abstract
Table sugar used as an adjunct to antibiotics may be effective in treating deep wound infections. Filling infected wounds with sugar has been practiced for centuries in some countries.
AuthorsL Beadling
JournalToday's surgical nurse (Todays Surg Nurse) 1997 May-Jun Vol. 19 Issue 3 Pg. 28-30 ISSN: 1087-1667 [Print] United States
PMID9239132 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Dietary Sucrose
Topics
  • Administration, Topical
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Dietary Sucrose (therapeutic use)
  • Humans
  • Wound Infection (drug therapy)

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