Open AccessOutcome of 51 autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplants after uncontrolled-rate freezing (“dump freezing”) using −80°C mechanical freezer
Author(s) -
Rasika Setia,
Satyam Arora,
Anil Handoo,
Deepak Choudhary,
Shubham Sharma,
Vipin Khandelwal,
Meenu Kapoor,
Shalu Bajaj,
Tina Dadu,
Gaurav Dhamija,
Virendra Bachchas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/ajts.ajts_42_17
Subject(s) - cryopreservation , medicine , cryoprotectant , hetastarch , stem cell , cd34 , hydroxyethyl starch , cryobiology , haematopoiesis , surgery , hematopoietic stem cell , andrology , pathology , biology , embryo , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology
Controlled-rate freezing is a complicated, expensive, and time-consuming procedure. Therefore, there is a growing interest in uncontrolled-rate freezing (UCF) with -80°C mechanical freezers for cryopreservation of hematopoietic stem cells. This is a retrospective analysis of efficiency of UCF and outcome of autologous peripheral hematopoietic stem cell (PBSC) transplants at our center from December 2011 to June 2016.