The Clinical Value of Sternal Bone Marrow Puncture

Article1 June 1942THE CLINICAL VALUE OF STERNAL BONE MARROW PUNCTURETHEODORE H. MENDELL, M.D., DAVID R. MERANZE, B.S. (CHEM.), M.D., THEODORE MERANZE, M.D.THEODORE H. MENDELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DAVID R. MERANZE, B.S. (CHEM.), M.D.Search for more papers by this author, THEODORE MERANZE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-16-6-1180 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the past decade the introduction and widespread application of sternal aspiration for the study of the living bone marrow have given the clinician a simple and practical method of studying hemopoiesis during life. This method of examining bone marrow has come into favor because of the ease of securing material and the great value of the information obtained. Bone marrow biopsy, although preferable to the simple aspiration method because the marrow architecture is preserved, is a surgical procedure requiring an operating room set-up and several days for the preparation of the material. Sternal puncture, on the other hand, is...Bibliography1. SCOTT RB: Sternal puncture in diagnosis of diseases of blood forming organs, Quart. Jr. Med., 1939, viii, 127. Google Scholar2. NEUMANN E: Über die Bedeutung des Knochenmarkes für die Blutbildung, Centralbl. f. d. med. Wissensch., 1868, vi, 689. Google Scholar3. NEUMANN E: Über die Bedeutung des Knochenmarkes für die Blutbildung, Arch. der Heilkunde, 1869, x, 68. Google Scholar4. GHEDINI G: Per la patogenesi e per la diagnosi delle malattie del sangue e degli organi emopoietici, puntura esplorativa del midollo osseo, Clin. med. ital., Milano, 1908, xlvii, 724. Google Scholar5. SEYFARTH C: Die Sternumtrepanation, eine einfache Methode zur diagnostischen Entnahme von Knochenmark bei Lebenden, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1923, xlix, 180. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. ARINKIN MI: Methodology of examining bone marrow in living patients with hematopoietic disease, Vestnik. khir., 1927, x, 57. Google Scholar7. ARINKIN MI: Die intravitale Untersuchungsmethodik des Knochenmarks, Folia haemat., 1929, xxxviii, 233. Google Scholar8. VOGELERFROSENTHAL PLAN: Hematological observations on bone marrow obtained by sternal puncture, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., 1937, vii, 436. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. JAFFE RH: The bone marrow, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 124. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication September 25, 1940.From the Wards and Laboratories of the Mount Sinai Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byImplantable cardioverter device infection due to Brucella melitensis in two patientsAplastic Anaemia Complicating Infectious MononucleosisBone marrow in nine cases of clinical glandular fever and a review of the literature 1 June 1942Volume 16, Issue 6Page: 1180-1196KeywordsBiopsyBone marrow ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...