Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Patient data at admission and possible explanations of adjacent segment infection
From: Adjacent segment infection after surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis
Patient | Interval before ASI surgery (months) | ASI level(s) | Presentation (ASI) | WBC (/mm3) | ESR (mm/h) | CRP (mg/dL) | Septicaemia | Screw loosening | Change in ASK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.3 | L3–4 | Fever | 12.7 | 54 | 86.2 | Yes (Escherichia coli) | No | – |
2 | 19.6 | L3–4, L5–S1 | BP | 11.7 | 132 | 93.7 | No | Yes (+cage) | 15° |
3 | 11.9 | L3–4 | BP | 10 | 83 | 99 | No | No | – |
4 | 14.4 | L2–3 | Decubitus ulcer | 7.5 | 57 | 38.2 | No | Yes | 28° |
5 | 6 | T11–12 | BP | 10.2 | 73 | 240.7 | Yes (MRSA) | Yes | 26° |
6 | 8.6 | T12–L1 | BP | 7.1 | 94 | 71.4 | Yes (Pseudomonas aeruginosa MDR) | Yes | 17° |
7 | 16.8 | L3–4 | BP | 5.1 | 17 | 3 | No | No | – |
8 | 12.3 | L2–3 | BP | 9.5 | 61 | 55.4 | No | No | – |
9 | 61.1 | T12–L1 | BP | 10.3 | 84 | 203 | No | Yes | – |
10 | 14 days | L3–4 | BP | 14.3 | 85 | 84.4 | No | No | – |
11 | 72.3 | L1–L2 | Weakness | 2.4 | 81 | 62.7 | Yes (Staphylococcus aureus) | Yes | – |
12 | 86.2 | L4–5 | BP | 5.7 | 97 | 38.9 | No | No | – |
13 | 27.4 | T12–L1 | BP | 7 | 84 | 45.5 | Yes (Staphylococcus aureus) | No | – |
14 | 6 | L1–2 | BP | 14.3 | 140 | 180 | No | Yes | – |
15 | 17.4 | L1–2 | Cauda equina syndrome | 8.9 | 90 | 44.8 | No | Yes | – |
16 | 39 | T11–L1 | BP | 6 | 5 | 1.9 | No | No | – |
17 | 4.5 | L3–4 | Wound infection | 10.2 | 140 | 274.4 | No | Yes | 10° |
18 | 46 | L2–3 | BP | 5.2 | 37 | 7.7 | No | No | – |
19 | 25.9 | T1–2 | Fever | 23.4 | 105 | 270.2 | Yes (Staphylococcus aureus) | No | – |
20 | 9.9 | L2–3 | BP | 34 | 47 | 63.5 | No | Yes | – |
21 | 4.4 | T2–3 | Fever | 5.1 | 140 | 102.3 | Yes (Pseudomonas aeruginosa MDR) | Yes | – |
22 | 205.6 | L3–4 | GIT infection | 11 | 84 | 89 | Yes (Escherichia coli) | Yes | 15° |
23 | 147.3 | L5–S1 | BP | 9.8 | 45 | 6.4 | No | Yes | – |