Bone wax is a waxy substance used to help mechanically control bleeding from bone surfaces during surgical procedures.
It is generally made of beeswax[1] with a softening agent such as paraffin or petroleum jelly and is smeared across the bleeding edge of the bone, blocking the holes and causing immediate bone hemostasis through a tamponade effect. Bone wax is most commonly supplied in sterile sticks, and usually requires softening before it can be applied.
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Bonewax is a waxy substance used to help mechanically control bleeding from bone surfaces during surgical procedures. It is generally made of beeswax...
known as cera alba) is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. The wax is formed into scales by eight wax-producing glands in the abdominal...
way to stop bone bleeding was to apply bonewax, which is made from beeswax. The bonewax is smeared across the bleeding edge of the bone, blocking the...
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2009-01-06. Retrieved 2012-04-26. Aldo Moraci, et al. "The Use Of Local Agents: BoneWax, Gelatin, Collagen, Oxidized Cellulose." European Spine Journal 2004; 13...
Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, Chinese preserving melon...
Male waxing is the broad term for hair removal for men using depilatory wax. Within the beauty industry, it is common to see the more specific definitions...
nitrate. Bony bleeding can be arrested by using haemostatic gauze and bonewax. Other means of achieving haemostasis include electrocautery. Medical/Dental...
production of petroleum jelly. In the 18th and 19th century, bone char mixed with tallow or wax (or both) were used by soldiers in the field to impregnate...
popular removal methods including shaving and waxing or "Brazilian wax". Not to be confused with bikini wax. In some circumstances, the mons veneris is...
A candle is an ignitable wick embedded in wax, or another flammable solid substance such as tallow, that provides light, and in some cases, a fragrance...
of the ivory.[citation needed] Clear paste wax or high-end car wax will seal the surface after oiling. Bone items are even more fragile (more fibrous and...
broken bones. Externally, it has been used as an ointment for treatment of wounds.[citation needed] Other names for Chinese wax include: Chinese tree wax[citation...
in molds which are filled with wax; once positioned, the wax is cooled, solidifying the block and tissue. Paraffin wax does not always provide a sufficiently...
mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lower – and typically more mobile – component of the mouth...
training simulation. The practice dates to at least the Renaissance, when wax figures were used for this purpose. In Germany some universities and hospitals...
markedly better through bone conduction than through the ear canal (air-bone gap), problems with the ear canal (e.g. ear wax accumulation), the tympanic...
water-powered paper mills produced large and cheap quantities of paper and the wax tablet and stylus disappeared completely from daily life. Styluses are still...
the top of the inside of the thighs. In the pubic region around the pubis bone and the mons pubis that covers it, it is known as a pubic patch. Pubic hair...
developed many practical neurosurgical techniques, including the hemostatic bonewax, the skin flap, the ligation of the carotid artery to treat cerebral aneurysms...
characterized by thickening of the bones. Pain is a frequent symptom and the bone can have the appearance of dripping candle wax. A randomly occurring somatic...
Funny Bones is a 1995 comedy-drama film from Hollywood Pictures. It was written, directed and produced by Peter Chelsom, co produced by Simon Fields,...
original pitch was for three trilogies. The Wax and Wayne books expanded this to four series. (You can imagine Wax and Wayne as series 1.5, if you want.) This...
composed of aleuritic acid, jalaric acid, shellolic acid, and other natural waxes. It is processed and sold as dry flakes and dissolved in alcohol to make...
iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. When I kept silence, my boneswaxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was...
effect", caused by an object, such as an unvented hearing aid or a plug of ear wax, blocking the ear canal and reflecting sound vibration back towards the eardrum...
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