The use of autogenous bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) may offer
a nonsurgical treatment of lumbar degenerative disc disease. It can also be used to
enhance the cervical spine fusion. This chapter focuses on: the feasibility for using
BMAC in spine surgery, host factors that may affect the outcome, the local morbidity
of aspiration, and outcome after application of BMAC.
Keywords: Bone Marrow, Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate (BMAC), Spinal
surgery, Stem Cells.
