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Table 5 Mean wound volume in follow-up visits in two groups

From: Does application of honey improve surgical outcome in pilonidal cyst excision with secondary intention healing? A prospective randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial

Follow-up visits (days)/ml

7

15

30

45

60

90

Intervention group

44.2 ± 2.5

36.1 ± 2.8

25.5 ± 3.5

17.1 ± 1.8

5.7 ± 1.9

0.3 ± 0.4

Placebo-controlled group

44.0 ± 2.7

35.8 ± 2.8

29.7 ± 4.8

19.2 ± 1.6

6.8 ± 1.9

0.9 ± 0.8

P value

0.788

0.723

p ≤ 0.01

p ≤ 0.01

0.043

p ≤ 0.01