Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 4 Statistical analysis of different factors as regards the final functional outcome according to Odom’s criteria
From: Adjacent segment infection after surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis
Outcome (Odom’s criteria) | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | Died | Total | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||||||
Male | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 (43 %) | 0.406 |
Female | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 (57 %) | |
Involvement of segments | |||||||
Monosegmental | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 (74 %) | 0.171 |
Bisegmental | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 (22 %) | |
Multisegmental | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (4 %) | |
General condition (ASA score) | |||||||
ASA 1 (best) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (9 %) | 0.133 |
ASA 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 (26 %) | |
ASA 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 (35 %) | |
ASA 4 (worst) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 (30 %) | |
Preoperative neurology (Frankel grade) | |||||||
B (paralysis) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (4 %) | 0.66 |
C | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 (26 %) | |
D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (4 %) | |
E (normal) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 (65 %) | |
Region of primary infection | |||||||
Cervical | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (4 %) | 0.793 |
Thoracic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 (13 %) | |
Thoracolumbar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 (17 %) | |
Lumbar | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 (65 %) | |
Other factors | |||||||
Septicemia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 (35 %) | 0.119 |
Screw loosening | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 (57 %) | 0.406 |
ASK (>10°) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 (26 %) | 0.092 |