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The areas of the iliac crest reached by the tip of the aspiration needle if inserted at diverging angles at the same point overlap, so that areas that have been perforated and aspirated once already are subjected to the procedure several times. This leads to a drop in the amount of MSCs per volume of bone marrow aspirate. If the positions of the inserted needle are parallel, then new MSC harvesting areas will always be accessed.
