Table 1.
Patient Demographics.
|
NP |
MSCs |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of samples (male:female) | 25 (14:11) | 10 (3:7) | ||
| Location | No. | Location | No. | |
| Sample source | L2/3: | 1 | Iliac crest: | 8 |
| L3/4: | 1 | |||
| L4/5: | 17 | Tibial bone: | 2 | |
| L5/S1: | 6 | |||
| Disc degeneration grade | II | 1 | ||
| III | 9 | |||
| IV | 11 | |||
| V | 4 | |||
MSC = mesenchymal stromal cells; NP = nucleus pulposus.
Details of patients from whom intervertebral discs and bone marrow–derived MSCs were obtained for this study including a summary of the degenerative grade of the donated discs as assessed via T2-weighted magnetic resonance images and the Pfirrmann et al.21 grading algorithm.