Table 1.
Demographic, Laboratory, History, and Clinical Results
| Case No. | Age | Causative Organism | Level | 1st surgery | Revision surgery | Interval 1st& revision surgery | Revision method |
Neurologic Status (ASIA) |
Pre-revision Back pain VAS |
Final VAS | Final activity | UTI | Bacteremia | Pulmonary TB |
CCI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBC (X1000(/mL) |
ESR (mm/h) |
CRP (mg/L) |
WBC (X1000)(/mL) |
ESR (mm/h) |
CRP (mg/L) |
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| 1 | 80s | Salmonella. enterica | L2, L3 | 7.6 | – | 42 | 7.3 | 33 | 4.2 | 142 | P | E | 8 | 2 | normal | n | y | n | 0 |
| 2 | 60s | E. coli | L2, L3, L4 | 10.1 | – | 152 | 18.2 | 31 | 99 | 7 | P | E | 9 | 5 | normal | y | y | n | 4 |
| 3 | 60s | Coag(−) Stapylococcus | L2 | 15.3 | 137 | 139 | 12.3 | 119 | 118.9 | 35 | A + P | E | 7 | 6 | normal | y | y | n | 3 |
| 4 | 70s | E. Coli | T12 | 8 | – | – | 12 | 29 | 50 | 74 | A + P | C | 7 | 4 | wheelchair | y | n | n | 1 |
| 5 | 70s | Peptpstreptococcus | L3 | 7.4 | – | 11.3 | 11.8 | 70 | 238 | 12 | A | E | 8 | – | dead | y | n | n | 3 |
| 6 | 70s | Propionibacterium | T11 | 7.5 | – | – | 9.2 | 53 | 38 | 175 | A + P | D | 6 | 2 | walker | n | n | n | 1 |
| 7 | 60s | Enterococcus faecalis | T12 | 10.9 | – | 62.5 | 12 | 99 | 165 | 69 | A | E | 5 | 5 | normal | y | y | n | 2 |
| 8 | 70s | Salmonela choleraesuiss | L2 | 6.3 | 20 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 62 | 69.4 | 122 | A | E | 7 | 2 | normal | n | y | n | 1 |
| 9 | 70s | Staphylococcus aureus | L2 | 11.4 | – | – | 11.3 | 54 | 7.9 | 47 | A + P | E | 8 | – | dead | n | n | n | 2 |
| 10 | 70s | mycobacterium | T9 | 7.2 | 24 | 3 | 5.7 | 68 | 11.4 | 7 | A | B | 7 | – | dead | n | n | y | 1 |
| 11 | 79 s | mycobacterium | T11,T12 | 7.2 | 26 | 49 | 8.2 | 26 | 50.2 | 15 | A + P | E | 7 | 4 | walker | n | n | y | 3 |
| 12 | 60s | mycobacterium | L4 | 6.2 | – | – | 4.9 | 35 | 4.9 | 63 | A + P | E | 8 | 2 | normal | n | n | n | 2 |
| 13 | 70s | mycobacterium | L1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 4.2 | 33 | 33.2 | 129 | A + P | E | 8 | 2 | normal | n | n | n | 2 |
| 14 | 70s | mycobacterium | T9,T10 | 5.3 | 34 | – | 11.5 | 50 | 119.6 | 87 | P | C | 8 | 3 | wheelchair | n | n | y | 1 |
| 15 | 70s | mycobacterium | L1 | 7 | – | – | 6.4 | 56 | 42.4 | 6 | A + P | D | 9 | 2 | walker | n | n | y | 0 |
| 16 | 70s | mycobacterium | L1 | 8 | 50 | 71 | 5.5 | 31 | 31.5 | 34 | A + P | D | 8 | 1 | walker | n | n | n | 2 |
| 17 | 70s | mycobacterium | L4 | 3.8 | – | – | 8.2 | 39 | 3.2 | 1140 | A + P | E | 6 | 4 | walker | n | n | n | 1 |
| 18 | 90s | mycobacterium | T8,T9 | 7 | 65 | 4.3 | 9.7 | 95 | 115 | 54 | P | C | 8 | 3 | wheelchair | n | n | y | 1 |
Abbreviations: TB tuberculosis, N number, M male, F female, T thoracic, L lumbar, WBC white blood-cell count, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reaction protein, Revision method A = anterior debridement +/− reconstruction surgery; P posterior instrumentation +/− decompression surgery, ASIA American Spinal Cord Injury Association (grade A, B, C, D, E), VAS visual analog scale, CCI the Charlson Comorbidity index