These types of complications can be quite (understandably) distressing to patients unfortunately, often the area will likely look worse before it begins to look better. We decided to evaluate the effectiveness of Raal ointment prepared by our ayurvedic department in.I am sorry to hear about the complication you are experiencing. An effective treatment at an affordable price is the need of the day. Since most of the patients in government hospitals are economically handicapped, the cost of treatment is the main hindrance in the proper management of burns. Alleviation of pain and prevention of early and late complications is a formidable task to accomplish. On one side it is used as a main source of energy on the other side it can cause most disastrous effects.īurn is one of the most agonizing conditions that a doctor treats. Conclusion: Raal ointment was found superior in pain control, rate of healing, control of infection and cost-effectiveness than silver sulfadiazine cream for treatment of second degree burns.Įver since man has discovered fire by accidental friction of stone, he is experiencing both advantages and disadvantages of its utility. Raal ointment was a cost-effective alternative to silver sulfadiazine cream for treatment of burn wound. Cost-effectiveness was calculated by comparing the cost of the same amount of silver sulfadiazine cream and Raal ointment. Both the treatment groups had equal quality of scar at 10 and 14 weeks. Resultant scar of both groups were assessed using Vancouver scar scale at the end of 10 weeks and 14 weeks. This shows that Raal ointment dressing helps in decreasing healing time when compared with silver sulfadiazine cream dressing. In Raal ointment group, it took an average of 17.2 days (P < 0.0001). In Silver sulfadiazine group healing was achieved on an average of 19.06 days. Infection rate was 20% in silver sulfadiazine group and was only 12% in Raal ointment group. The result was statistically significant. At 48 h the average pain score was 6.12 in silver sulfadiazine group, whereas it was 3.86 in the Raal ointment group (P < 0.0001). Results: The average pain score was 7.02 (Scale 0-10) in silver sulphadizine cream group when compared with 5.14 in the Raal ointment group at the end of 24 h (P < 0.0001). Both the wounds were assessed for parameters such as pain, infection, rate of healing and resultant scar. Raal ointment is an herbal product made up of resin of Shorea robusta plant. One side of the wound was treated with silver sulfadiazine cream and the other side of the wound was treated with Raal ointment. Fifty patients with second degree burn wounds of approximately equal size present on both half of the body were selected. Written informed consent was taken from each patient. Ethical committee permission was obtained. Materials and Methods: A randomized comparative study was carried out at our institute during August 2010 to June 2012. PanseĪim: The aim of the following study is to assess the efficacy of Raal ointment (herbal plant resin) compared with 1% silver sulfadiazine cream as a burn dressing for the treatment of second degree burns covering less than 30% of the body surface area.
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