In bone marrow aspiration, a slim, hollow needle with a syringe attached is inserted into the bone marrow through a large bone at the back of the hip known as the posterior iliac crest.

Collecting donor stem cells used to require surgically removing marrow from a bone, usually in the hip or sternum, with a needle and syringe. Now, donors can take a drug that releases stem cells ...

Aspiration means the doctor or nurse draws some liquid bone marrow up into a syringe. A bone marrow trephine biopsy means they remove a very thin 1 or 2cm long core of bone marrow in one piece. You ...

Since cases of radiation disaster may occur, and since bone-marrow deficiency from radiation or chemotherapy does occur in the normal course of clinical medicine, an effort has been made to ...

The equipment necessary for this procedure includes sterile gloves, a number 11 surgical blade, sterile gauze, a 16- or 18-gauge bone marrow needle, a sterile 12-ml syringe and multiple non ...

They usually take about 30 minutes. What's involved? In bone marrow aspiration, a slim, hollow needle with a syringe attached is inserted into the bone marrow through a large bone at the back of ...