In bone marrow biopsy, a larger hollow needle is inserted into the posterior iliac crest and twisted to extract a cylinder-shaped or "core" sample of bone with bone marrow inside.

There are different causes of iliac crest pain. It can either be direct pain that is linked to the ilium bone and the structures that attach to it, or it can be referred pain.

The IBCPA is formed by the most lateral points of the iliac crest, positioned in the intermediate line of the iliac bone, on the right and left (origin of the internal oblique and transverse abdominis ...

The iliac crest is currently the most common donor site for obtaining autogenous bone graft. We searched the literature to summarize reported complications related to the donation of autogenous ...

Adam’s Journal Here’s a timely question from a longtime reader — and Oklahoma City Thunder fan: I read about a few recent National Basketball Association player injuries and wondered: Are extra-tall ...

These included delivering a “gruesome serving of pain to an elderly Black veteran” by twisting “a large-bore metal needle into his iliac crest” while attempting to do a bone-marrow biopsy ...

The iliac crest is the most prominent part of the largest bone in the hip. Learn more about causes of iliac crest pain, treatment, how to recognize it, and exercises.

A range of factors can result in slow wound healing. They include older age, certain health conditions and medications, nutritional deficiencies, tobacco use, and others.

Epiphysiodesis is a valuable option to prevent further deformity. The reconstruction of medial malleolus using an autologous iliac crest apophyseal graft and stabilization of the ankle joint with an ...