Does A Bone Marrow Biopsy Needle Remove A Piece Of Bone From The Bone Marrow

Nov 24, 2022

No, bone marrow biopsy is a routine examination in the Department of hematology, which is to take out 1cm of bone at the site of bone marrow puncture with a biopsy needle for laboratory test to diagnose the blood disease. The patient will have no feeling under local anesthesia, and the only feeling is transient anaesthetic feeling. The biopsy will be finished in two or three minutes. The whole process of bone marrow aspiration is 20 to 30 minutes. Besides biopsy, there will also be bone marrow smear and genetic chromosome examination, so as to make more clear the type of blood disease and know the treatment.

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