Only prolonged time from abstraction found to affect viable nucleated cell concentrations in vertebral body bone marrow aspirate
Badrinath R, Bohl DD, Hustedt JW, Webb ML, Grauer JN. Only prolonged time from abstraction found to affect viable nucleated cell concentrations in vertebral body bone marrow aspirate. The Spine Journal 2013, 14: 990-995. PMID: 24184640, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.10.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow aspirateVertebral levelCell countMarrow aspiratesNucleated cell countNucleated cell concentrationFusion surgerySecond pedicleTraditional iliac crest bone graftLumbar instrumented fusion surgeryIliac crest bone graftInstrumented fusion surgeryStudy-specific conflictsCell viabilitySame vertebral levelCrest bone graftSpinal fusion surgeryEffect of lateralityRegular clinical useCortical graftsPerioperative conditionsOutcome measuresBone graftSpinal instrumentationAspirates