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.

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 ...

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 ...

5,19 The procurement of bone marrow from either a volunteer for homologous ... The first point of orientation is the posterior iliac crest, and the second is the posterior superior iliac spine.

Bone-marrow examination of a smear and histologic ... Five of these were from each tibia, 5 from each posterior iliac crest, and 12 from each anterior iliac crest. The marrow was immediately ...