Fritsche Madelaine, Wirth Paul, Lam Charlene
Ms. Fritsche is from Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Drs. Wirth and Lam are from the Department of Dermatology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Cutis. 2023 Feb;111(2):82-83. doi: 10.12788/cutis.0694.
Achieving hemostasis in cutaneous surgery on bony or irregular surfaces can be challenging; typical pressure dressings that act by mechanical occlusion with petrolatum gauze can be inadequate. We offer the use of bone wax as a practical hemostatic agent that can be (1) molded to provide ideal occlusion and pressure without adhering to wound surfaces and (2) painlessly and simply removed.
