Are thre any guidelines on choosing an anesthesia technique for bone
marrow harvest or autologus adult stem cell harvest? Do any of the
commonly used agents ie:nitrous
oxide.desflurane.sevoflurane,isoflurane have deliterous
effects on the cells harvested and should be avoided? How many
citations can you find?

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Request for Question Clarification by tehuti-ga on 03 Sep 2002 19:29 PDT

To which species does this question refer?

gasman...

I found only about 3 citations, both for bone marrow
harvest - 2 with general anaesthetic, 1 with local - 
no further specifications or contraindications.

Would like for humans but any information that could be extrapolated
to humans would be helpful

Hello gasman,

I've found several citation to the harvesting of progenitors from
peripheral blood using local anaesthesia.  Avoidance of general
anesthesia is mentioned as an advantage, but only in terms of the
decreased risk to patients and not in order to improve the quality of
the harvest.