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| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 70 |
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Bone marrow aspiration using 18g lumbar puncture needle: Correspondence
Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip1, Si M Sai Tin2, Viroj Wiwanitkit3
1 Private Academic Contulant, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Shantou Medical Center, Shantou, China
3 Department of Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
| Date of Submission | 28-Dec-2021 |
| Date of Decision | 06-Jan-2022 |
| Date of Acceptance | 12-Jan-2022 |
| Date of Web Publication | 28-Apr-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip
Private Academic Contulant, 26 Bangkok 112, Bangkok 101330
Thailand
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/joah.joah_178_21
How to cite this article:
Mungmunpuntipantip R, Sai Tin SM, Wiwanitkit V. Bone marrow aspiration using 18g lumbar puncture needle: Correspondence. J Appl Hematol 2022;13:70 |
How to cite this URL:
Mungmunpuntipantip R, Sai Tin SM, Wiwanitkit V. Bone marrow aspiration using 18g lumbar puncture needle: Correspondence. J Appl Hematol [serial online] 2022 [cited 2022 Jun 25];13:70. Available from: https://www.jahjournal.org/text.asp?2022/13/1/70/344259 |
Dear Editor,
We would like to share ideas on the publication “Bone marrow aspiration (BMA) using 18g lumbar puncture needle: Can it be an alternative to conventional bone marrow needle?”[1] Panda et al. concluded that “he 18G LP needle can be easily adopted for BMA and could be a great help in significantly reducing pain and complications in patients undergoing BMA.[1]” We agree that the alternative technique might be useful. However, there are some considerations. The success of the procedure might also depend on the experience of the practitioner.[2] For general practitioners, who has not much experience, the standard technique, might be more appropriate. The design of needle might be for a specific purpose. Although there is no significant problem of dry tap and broken needle in this report. The discussion on the specific material composition of the needle is needle.[3] The study is small and there might be problems if a larger study is conducted. Finally, it is also interesting to compare to the cost of alternative to conventional techniques.
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Conflicts of interest
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| 1. | Panda S, Besra K, Kar A, Dasnayak G, Dash S, Samantaray S, et al. Bone marrow aspiration using 18g lumbar puncture needle: Can it be an alternative to conventional bone marrow needle? J Appl Hematol 2021;12:147-52.  [Full text] |
| 2. | Busarla SV. Bone marrow aspiration in resource poor environment: Our experience in Kenya. J Clin Pathol 2015;68:488-90. |
| 3. | Pedersen LM, Nordin H, Nielsen H, Lisse IM. Needles for bone marrow examination. Ugeskr Laeger 1994;156:2723-4, 2727-8. |
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