Table 1.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Bone Marrow Aspiration Harvest and Application

Advantages	Disadvantages
Technically easy to harvest	Potential pain during harvest with local anesthetic alone
No culture expansion	Variable stem cell quantity and quality depending on age
No risk of allogeneic disease transmission	Potentially detrimental effect of erythrocytes when used in intra-articular environment
Low risk of infection
May be performed with concomitant procedure