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Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate and Expanded Stem Cell Applications in Orthopaedics

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Uses in Spine Surgery

Author(s): Asser A. Sallam, Amr Sami Hussien and Oscar Garcia Casas

Pp: 90-95 (6)

DOI: 10.2174/9781681086491118010015

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Abstract

The use of autogenous bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) may offer a nonsurgical treatment of lumbar degenerative disc disease. It can also be used to enhance the cervical spine fusion. This chapter focuses on: the feasibility for using BMAC in spine surgery, host factors that may affect the outcome, the local morbidity of aspiration, and outcome after application of BMAC.

Keywords: Bone Marrow, Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate (BMAC), Spinal surgery, Stem Cells.

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