Bone Marrow Biopsy What is bone marrow? Bone marrow is the delicate tissue inside bones where blood cells are made. These blood cells include red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. What is a bone marrow biopsy? A bone marrow biopsy consists of two steps: • Removing fluid through a needle, called an aspiration. • Taking a tiny bit of bone and bone marrow tissue, called a biopsy. The procedure takes about 10-15 minutes, but you may be in the office for up to 45 minutes. The aspiration is done first. The doctor uses a needle and syringe to ...
PROCEDURE 124 Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration (Perform) Glen Peterson and Carrie Marvill PURPOSE: The bone marrow aspiration and biopsy is performed to obtain information on initial diagnosis, staging, or treatment response for hematology/ oncology patients. PREREQUISITE NURSING disease testing may be requested, including culture and gram stain, fungal culture, viral culture, polymerase chain KNOWLEDGE reaction (PCR), acid-fast bacillus (AFB), or gomori methe- namine silver (GMS) stain. • The bone marrow aspiration and biopsy is a common A thorough understanding is needed of the anatomy procedure performed on patients with a hematologic dis- and physiology of the posterior and anterior ...
J Clin Pathol: first published as 10.1136/jcp.10.4.339 on 1 November 1957. Downloaded from J. clin. Path. (1957), 10, 339. THE TECHNIQUE OF BONE MARROW ASPIRATION IN CHILDREN BY JOHN L. EMERY From the Department of Pathology, the Children's Hospital, Sheffield (RECEIVED FOR PUBLICATION NOVEMBER 9, 1956) Bone marrow aspiration has now been an is the only convenient area, is often freely mobile established procedure in haematology for close on on the clavicle and ribs and cannot be held firm. 50 years (Pianese, 1905), but it has been only This site, which to the child is ...
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