The Effect of Applying Dry and Honey Dressings on The Healing of Grade (1&2) Diabetic Foot Ulcers

The diabetic foot ulcers considers a serious complications that related to diabetes, ulcers required medical and nursing care, that started with determine the degree of ulcer and applying Dressing which is from responsibility of nurses. There are many kinds of dressing for grade 1&2 diabetic foot ulcers such as dry and honey dressing, aim of the study: Assessment the effect of applying the dry and honey dressings on the healing of grade (1&2) diabetic foot ulcers. Material and Methods: The study conducted in the Diabetes Mellitus Center in Lattakia city. A convenient sample of 40 adult diabetic patients whose meet the sample selection criteria were chosen. The sample divided randomly to two equal groups either the first group who subjected to dry dressing technique, or to the second group who subjected to honey dressing technique. Dressing changed for six weeks. Results: At the end of the study: (45%) of patients had complete ulcer healing, (35%) had partial healing and (20%) had no ulcer wound healing in the dry dressing group. Whereas (85%) of patients had complete ulcer healing and (15%) had partial healing. Conclusions: Honey dressing had statistical significant effects on the healing of grade (1&2) diabetic foot ulcers.

Early Complications of Thyroidectomy

The Research has been made on (73) patients for whom a surgical operation was made on the thyroid in Al-Assad University Hospital in Lattakia in 2000-2007. The study was divided into: retrospective (32patients), prospective (41patients) and (11) patients of were subjected to second operation due to existence of a malignant cancer with a percentage of (16,66%) . The Total Thyroidectomy on both side was the most spread intervention with a percentage of (57,14%) and next to it was the thyroid lobectomy with a percentage of (28,79%). The percentage of Total Early complication is (11,9%) and the Tetania was the most repeated complication with a percentage of (3,57%) and next to it was the Recurrent laryngeal nerve ,the Superior laryngeal nerve and the bleeding with a percentage of (2,38%)for each . The higher percentage of complication has occurred in the starting operation of the Total Thyroidectomy and next to it the Thyroid lobectomy . The surgery of the Relapsed Thyroid is subject to more dangerous complications from the starting intervention .