Injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (Bernhardt's syndrome) or meralgia paresthetica occurs after harvest of the bone from the anterior iliac crest. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is ...

Each needle is 2.5 cm. long. This affords good leverage and ensures adequate penetration of the bone marrow. Since the iliac crest is very hard bone, considerable thrusting force is required in ...

This column describes how to obtain a bone marrow sample by way of aspiration from the iliac crest and proximal humerus of the dog and cat for the assessment and diagnosis of bone marrow disease.

About 5 percent of the bone marrow is taken from the iliac crest. Usually, the donor's bone marrow regenerates completely within 2 to 4 weeks. Local wound pain can occur, similar to a contusion.

Growth, bone density, histology and fracture number ... and the dramatic changes reported in skeletal parameters. The iliac crest-derived osteoblasts for patients 1 and 2 were culture-expanded ...

Evidence of adequate bone marrow function must be available as well ... and autogenous bone graft from the iliac crest to the osteotomy tibial gap. Those in the BMP-2 group will in addition have ...

Autogenous bone grafting is often done in orthopaedic surgery for a variety of conditions. The iliac crest is currently the most common donor site for obtaining autogenous bone graft. We searched ...