Injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (Bernhardt's syndrome) or meralgia paresthetica occurs after harvest of the bone from the anterior iliac crest. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is ...

Welcome to Smallville An iliac wing fracture occurs in the upper part of the ilium bone in the pelvis. It's also known as a ...

These characteristics can be used to assess bone formation: after taking oral tetracycline on two occasions (double labeling), an iliac-crest biopsy is obtained. The rate of bone growth equals the ...

Autogenous bone grafting is often done in orthopaedic surgery for a variety of conditions. The iliac crest is currently the most common donor site for obtaining autogenous bone graft. We searched ...

This column describes how to obtain a bone marrow sample by way of aspiration from the iliac crest and proximal humerus of the dog and cat for the assessment and diagnosis of bone marrow disease.