Table 1.

Demographic data and surgical parameters of 12 patients

Case	Sex/Age	Disease level	Grade of infection	Surgery (min)	Blood Loss(mL)	Causative Organism	Frankel score (Pre/Post op)	Follow-up time (months)
1	M/49	L3–4	II	110	240	–	E/E	12
2	M/65	L2–3	III	96	230	Staphylococcus aureus	E/E	15
3	F/62	L3–4	II	125	300	–	D /E	18
4	M/59	L3–4	I	120	290	–	E/E	24
5	M/73	L4–5	III	135	250	Escherichia coli	E/E	12
6	M/41	L2–3	III	164	550	Staphylococcus epidermidis	D /E	15
7	F/55	L1–2	II	150	370	–	E/E	18
8	F/38	L3–4	II	148	310	Staphylococcus aureus	D/E	15
9	M/35	L2–3	III	137	420	–	E/E	12
10	M/71	L3–4	III	144	300	–	E/E	12
11	F/63	L3–4	I	106	210	–	E/E	12
12	M/67	L4–5	II	113	240	–	E/E	12
Average	56.5 ± 12.41	–	–	129.0 ± 19.76	309.2 ± 92.96	–	–	14.8 ± 3.56