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Is there any disadvantage of having bone marrow biopsy?
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Small risk: There is always risk involved in any procedure. Some have greater risk than others. Generally speaking, bone marrow biopsies are low risk, but your hematologist would be the best person to assess whether the risk outweighs the potential benefit, which is the real question.
Answered 12/14/2014
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Not likely: Complications from this procedure are very rare.
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