“…The most common complications recognized as being associated with bone wax are inhibition of osteogenesis (2, 5, 8, 29, 30, 31, 40), infection (3, 12, 13, 19, 26, 31), foreign body response causing a giant cell reaction (“wax granuloma”), local inflammation, and pain (4, 11, 23, 29, 34, 36, 42). Other complications attributed to the use of bone wax include quadriplegia after spine surgery (10), lower extremity paralysis after thoracotomy (9), sigmoid sinus obstruction after mastoid surgery (15, 23), and cerebrospinal fluid leakage after cranial base surgery (7).…”