Table 1.

Advantages and Risks of Bone Marrow Harvest Through the Femoral Notch

Advantages	Disadvantages
Reduces the number of surgical sites compared with harvest from the iliac crest.	Donor site morbidity.
No additional anesthesia is necessary.	Blood marrow from the femoral notch may have reduced concentration of mesenchymal stem cells.
Uses the patient's own bone marrow, eliminating the potential of allogenic disease transfer.	Mesenchymal stem cell quantity is contingent on patient age and sex.