title: Bone marrow aspiration before bone marrow core biopsy using the same bone marrow biopsy needle: a good or bad practice?
abstract: A single-needle single-site technique for bone marrow aspiration and core biopsy has been compared with a two-needle technique, using 30 randomly selected patients who required these two investigations. In addition, two single-needle techniques were compared, aspirating immediately after penetrating the cortex or, alternatively, aspirating after the needle (without the stilette) had been advanced 20-25 mm. The two-needle technique was found to be superior to either of the single-needle techniques, which often resulted in a biopsy specimen that was denuded of bone marrow cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Haematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Buffalo General Hospital, NY 14203, USA.
authors.forename: Anwarul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Islam
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles