They can be performed at your doctor's office or in a hospital clinic.

The same type of stiletted needle is used for the iliac-crest and spinous-process punctures as previously used for the sternal approach. ¶ The needle has a total length of 6.7 cm. and a shaft of ...

References Muschler GF, Boehm C, Easley K. Aspiration to obtain osteoblast progenitor cells from human bone marrow: the influence of aspiration volume. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1997; 79:1699-1709 ...

KOLOA, Hawaii — Reamer-irrigator-aspirator bone grafts can be used similarly to iliac crest bone grafts for the treatment of knee and hip fractures, according to a presenter at Orthopedics Today ...

December 22, 2011 (San Diego, California) (UPDATED December 29, 2011) — Using a new powered device (OnControl, Vidacare Corp) for obtaining bone marrow biopsy specimens should now be considered ...

BONE-marrow biopsy from the posterior iliac crest with the use of a 10-guage Silverman needle, as described by Ley et al.,‡ is frequently performed at this institution when bone-marrow invasion ...

LAS VEGAS — The implantation of mesenchymal stem cells from iliac crest bone marrow improves the long-term durability of rotator cuff repairs, a new study shows. "You increase the healing ...

These characteristics can be used to assess bone formation: after taking oral tetracycline on two occasions (double labeling), an iliac-crest biopsy is obtained.

We conducted a retrospective study of bone marrow biopsies taken for routine care from 2013-2023 at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. We queried the laboratory database for patients age ≥18 ...