Experience in the management of post-operative spinal infection

Table 2 Summary of the clinical data of dorsal patients

	1	2	3	4
Age/sex	45/female	66 /male	37 male	51/female
Pre-operative risk factors	No	Smoking + diabetic	No	Obesity (BMI 38)
Primary lesion	Dorsal neurofibroma	Dorsal metastasis	Dorsal fracture	Dorsal disc
Duration + type of operation	120 min	130 min tumor removal + bone cement + fixation	100 min fixation	120 min trans-pedicular discectomy + cage + fixation
Intra-operative complication	No	No	No	No
Foreign body implantation	No	Plat + bone cement	Plate and screws	Cage + plate
Post-operative complications	CSF fistula	No	No	No
Lucid interval	15 days	2 weeks	4 months	9 days
Type of infection	Superficial + deep + meningitis	Deep	Deep	Superficial
Management	Insertion of suction − irrigation system	Removal of plat + Insertion of suction − irrigation system	Insertion of suction − irrigation system	Conservative
Re-hospitalization stay	2 months	3 weeks	2 weeks	10 days
Fate	Healed	Healed	Healed	Healed