A 14-year retrospective analysis of indications and outcomes of autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation in regional Queensland: a single-centre experience.

Background: The Townsville Hospital is a tertiary hospital in North Queensland with one of the largest regional transplant centres in Australia, performing primarily autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) for various haematological malignancies.

Aims: This single-centre, retrospective, observational study aims to describe the activity and outcomes of autologous HSCT at The Townsville Hospital between 2003 and 2017 to verify safety standards.

Methods: Patient-level data were collected, including demographics, frequency and indication for transplant, conditioning, current clinical status and cause of death.

Absence of cytotoxic and inflammatory effects following in vitro exposure of chondrogenically-differentiated human mesenchymal stem cells to adenosine, lidocaine and Mg solution.

Background: ALM solution, a combination of adenosine, lidocaine and Mg, is an emerging small volume therapy that has been shown to prevent and correct coagulopathy and surgery-related inflammation in preclinical models, though its application in orthopaedic surgery is yet to be demonstrated. The effect of ALM solution on chondrocytes is unknown. The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate the effect of ALM solution on viability and inflammatory responses of chondrogenically-differentiated human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (chondro-MSC), in vitro.

The relationship between CD34+ stem cell dose and time to neutrophil recovery in autologous haematopoietic stem cell recipients-A single centre experience.

A retrospective, observational study was performed of 112 patients who underwent autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) to determine the relationship between CD34+ stem cell dose and neutrophil engraftment. Importantly, a novel approach to more accurately calculate time to neutrophil engraftment was employed. The results demonstrated that a higher CD34+ stem cell dose was associated with faster neutrophil recovery (P < 0.