Table 2 Patient demographic data and clinical outcomes
From: Unilateral percutaneous endoscopic debridement and drainage for lumbar infectious spondylitis
Case no. | Age (years) | Gender | Infection level | Use of immunosuppressant | Preoperative duration(m) | Kulowski classification | Griffiths classification | Diagnosis | MacNab criteria | Culture | Open surgery | Complication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 51 | F | L5/S1 | No | 3 | Subacute | I | Postoperative infection | Good | ORSA | None | None |
2 | 71 | M | L4/5 | Yes | 2 | Subacute | II | Infection with paraspinal abscess | Excellent | ORSA | None | None |
3 | 66 | M | L2/3,L3/4 | No | 0 | Acute | II | Multilevel infection with paraspinal abscess | Fair | Escherichia coli | 2 weeks later | None |
4 | 53 | M | L3/4 | No | 4 | Subacute | II | Single level infection | Excellent | Streptococcus viridans | None | None |
5 | 64 | F | L4/5,L5/S1 | No | 13 | Acute | II | Multilevel infection with epidural and paraspinal abscesss | Poor | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 2 weeks later | Paresthesia |
6 | 83 | M | L2/3 | Yes | 5 | Acute | I | Single level infection | Good | OSSA | None | None |
7 | 58 | M | L4/5 | No | 0 | Subacute | II | Single level infection | Excellent | Streptococcus pneumoniae | None | None |
8 | 75 | F | L4/5 | Yes | 1 | Subacute | II | Postoperative infection | Good | Staphylococcus epidermidis | None | None |
9 | 46 | M | L2/3 | No | 7 | Latent | II | Infection with epidural abscess | Good | ORSA | None | None |
10 | 73 | M | L4/5,L5/S1 | No | 21 | Latent | III | Multilevel infection with paraspinal abscess | Fair | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 week later | Paresthesia |
11 | 43 | M | L2/3,L3/4 | No | 3 | Subacute | II | Multilevel infection | Good | No growth | None | None |
12 | 37 | F | L1/2 | No | 6 | Latent | II | Single level infection | Excellent | No growth | None | None |
13 | 67 | M | L5/S1 | No | 1 | Subacute | I | Postoperative infection | Good | Streptococcus viridans | None | None |
14 | 56 | M | L4/5,L5/S1 | Yes | 7 | Acute | II | Multilevel infection | Good | Enterococcus faecalis | None | None |
15 | 49 | M | L5/S1 | No | 5 | Latent | III | Infection with paraspinal abscess | Good | Mycobacterium trberculosis | None | None |
16 | 63 | F | L2/3 | No | 0 | Subacute | II | Single level infection | Excellent | No growth | None | None |
17 | 57 | F | L3/4 | No | 8 | Acute | I | Single level infections | Good | ORSA | None | None |