Table 1.

MC system vs. Harvest centrifugation system; comparison 1

	Marrow cellution			Harvest system
	TNCs/mL × 106	CFU-fs/mL	CD34+/mL × 103	TNCs/mL × 106	CFU-fs/mL	CD34+/mL × 103
Patient 1	55.0	2915	157	96.0	1248	435
Patient 2	27.2	1278	66	64.0	1312	308
Patient 3	16.6	552	49	40.3	232	203
Patient 4	20.5	1496	42	57.5	883	209
Patient 5	38.0	1672	42	72.5	308	117
Average	31.5 ± 15.5**	1583 ± 858*	71.2 ± 49.0**	66.1 ± 20.5	797 ± 509	254 ± 122

Levels of TNCs, CFU-fs, and CD34+ cells in MC aspirates (single puncture site) and Harvest bone marrow concentrates (three punctures sites) taken from contralateral iliac crest draws in the same patient. (* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01)