Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Operative data of spondylodiscitis and adjacent segment infection surgical treatment
From: Adjacent segment infection after surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis
Primary surgery | Surgery for ASI | |
|---|---|---|
Operative time (min) | 217 ± 69.5 | 215 ± 106.8 |
Blood loss (ml) | 1223 ± 710 | 1241 ± 587.1 |
Mono-segmental operation | 7 (30.4 %) | 0 |
Bi-segmental | 8 (34.8 %) | 6 (26.1 %) |
Three segments | 5 (21.7 %) | 4 (17.4 %) |
Four segments | 2 (8.7 %) | 3 (13 %) |
Five segments | 1 (4.3 %) | 5 (21.7 %) |
>Five segments | 0 | 5 (21.7 %) |
One setting operation | 22 (95.7 %) | 20 (87 %) |
Two settings | 1 (4.3 %) | 3 (13 %) |
Posterior approach only | 1 (4.3 %) | 5 (21.7 %) |
Anterior approach only | 1 (cervical) (4.3 %) | 0 |
Anterior and posterior approaches | 21 (91.3 %) | 18 (78.3 %) |
Bone graft only | 8 (34.8 %) | 13 (56.5 %) |
Bone graft and cage | 15 (65.2 %) | 10 (43.5 %) |
Interbody fusion | 16 (69.6 %) | 21 (91.3 %) |
Corpectomy and fusion | 7 (30.4 %) | 2 (8.7 %) |
Open technique | 17 (73.9 %) | 15 (65.2 %) |
Minimally invasive technique | 6 (26.1 %) | 8 (34.8 %) |
Microorganism | ||
Staphylococcus aureus | 5 (21.7 %) | 4 (17.4 %) |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | 3 (13 %) | 3 (13 %) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 4 (17.4 %) | 3 (13 %) |
Enterococcus faecalis | 2 (8.7 %) | 0 |
Escherechia coli | 1 (4.3 %) | 1 (4.3 %) |
No organism | 8 (34.8 %) | 12 (52.2 %) |