Table 4.
Relationship between level of spine and abscess
|
Level |
Cervical |
Upper Dorsal |
Mid-Dorsal |
Dorsa lumbar |
Lumbar |
Lumbosacral |
P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 19 | N = 6 | N = 21 | N = 40 | N = 29 | N = 4 | ||
| Epidural abscess |
0 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
NS |
| 0% |
0% |
23.8% |
20.0% |
13.8% |
25.0% |
||
| Paravertebral abscess |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
NS |
| 5.3% |
16.7% |
14.3% |
12.5% |
13.8% |
.0% |
||
| Epidural + Paravertebral abscess |
16 |
5 |
10 |
21 |
18 |
3 |
NS |
| 84.2% |
83.3% |
47.6% |
52.5% |
62.1% |
75.0% |
||
| No abscess |
2 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
NS |
| 10.5% | .0% | 14.3% | 15.0% | 10.3% | 0% |