(b).
| Group B (saline pulse irrigation) |
Sex | Age | Spine pathology | ASA score | Wound class |
Duration of surgery | IRI score | Wound infection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | M | 62 | DS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (2) | F | 51 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (3) | M | 46 | DS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (4) | M | 29 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (5) | F | 63 | DS | 1 | 0 | 1 | II | Yes E. coli |
| (6) | F | 20 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | Yes E. coli |
| (7) | F | 21 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (8) | F | 71 | DS | 1 | 0 | 1 | II | Yes S. aureus |
| (9) | M | 60 | DS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (10) | F | 42 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (11) | F | 40 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (12) | M | 65 | DS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (13) | F | 73 | DS | 1 | 0 | 1 | II | No |
| (14) | F | 48 | DS | 1 | 0 | 1 | II | No |
| (15) | F | 50 | DS | 1 | 0 | 1 | II | No |
| (16) | F | 15 | CS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (17) | M | 27 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (18) | M | 41 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (19) | F | 66 | DS | 1 | 0 | 1 | II | No |
| (20) | M | 59 | DS | 1 | 0 | 1 | II | No |
| (21) | F | 17 | IS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (22) | F | 18 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (23) | M | 28 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (24) | F | 27 | AIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
| (25) | F | 13 | IS | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | No |
AIS: adult idiopathic scoliosis, DS: degenerative scoliosis, IS: idiopathic scoliosis, and CS: congenital scoliosis.