Establishment and management of tissue biobank of osteoarthritis / 中华健康管理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To establish tissue biobank of osteoarthritis in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital to promote orthopedic research study in China.Methods Fresh tissue or blood samples were collected from patients who underwent surgical operation for osteoarthritis since July 2007.Clinical information of the patientswasalsocollected.MicrosoftAccessdatabasesystemwasusedforthemanagementof information.Results From July 2007 to November 2011,a total of 2605 medical records and15188 tissue or blood samples were collected.Among them,165 tissue samples and 2005 blood samples were provided for molecular biology or epidemiological research.Conclusion Human tissue biobank is important for research work.Present osteoarthritis tissue collection and storage is feasible and could supply quality samples for study.