title: Control of lumbar arterial bleeding during aortic aneurysm surgery.
abstract: Lumbar backbleeding from an opened aortic aneurysm may be very troublesome. Suturing of these ostia is occasionally difficult because of an unyielding calcified vessel wall. We describe a new technique utilizing warm bone wax to occlude these ostia.
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000098:blood supply; D013536:Suture Techniques