Table 2.

Summary of patients who developed deep surgical site infections after spinal instrumentation

Case	Age/Gender	Diagnosis	Surgical approach	Instrumentation levels	Diabetes	Smoking	Culture
1	12/M	Atlantoaxial dislocation	Posterior	O–C2	−	−	MRSA
2	66/M	L1 burst fracture	Posterior	T11–L3	+	−	SA
3	67/M	L3 burst fracture	Anterior	L2–L4	+	−	MRSA
4	57/F	L3 spondylolisthesis	Posterior	L3–L5	+	+	MRSA
5	44/F	L2 fracture dislocation	Posterior	T12–L4	−	+	MRSA
6	26/M	L1 fracture dislocation	Posterior	T11–L4	−	−	MRSA
7	73/F	Tuberculous spondylitis	Posterior	T11–L1	−	−	MRSA
8	80/F	Metastatic spinal tumor	Posterior	T2–T5, T12–L3	−	−	MRSE
9	56/M	L1 fracture dislocation	Posterior	T12–L2	+	+	MRSA
10	66/M	T8 burst fracture	Anterior	T7–T9	+	−	MRSA
11	59/M	L4 spondylolisthesis	Posterior	L4–S1	+	−	MRSA

Eight patients (Cases 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 11) required removal of spinal instrument as definitive treatment for infection

MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, SAStaphylococcus aureus, MRSE Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis