Abstract
The use of autogenous bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) may offer a nonsurgical treatment of lumbar degenerative disc disease. It can also be used to enhance the cervical spine fusion. This chapter focuses on: the feasibility for using BMAC in spine surgery, host factors that may affect the outcome, the local morbidity of aspiration, and outcome after application of BMAC.
Keywords: Bone Marrow, Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate (BMAC), Spinal surgery, Stem Cells.
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