Role of intra-discal Vancomycin instillation in prevention post-operative discitis

Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery

Table 1 Basic characteristics of the studied groups

Variable	Group I	Group II	t	P
Variable	Vancomycin (n = 50)	No vancomycin (n = 50)	t	P
Age: (years)
Mean ± SD	49.02 ± 12.63	50.7 ± 12.39	0.67	0.50
Range	27–68	27–68		NS

Variable	No	%	No	%	χ²	P
Sex
Female	26	52	23	46	0.36	0.55
Male	24	48	27	54		NS
Risk factor
Diabetes	11	22	13	26	0.22	0.64 NS
Obesity	18	36	16	32	0.18	0.67 NS
Smoking	8	16	11	22	0.59	0.44 NS
Steroid use	4	8	3	6	Fisher	0.99 NS
Prior lumbar surgery	9	18	11	22	0.25	0.62 NS

This table shows that there was no statistical significance difference between the studied groups in age, sex distribution or risk factors
SD: Stander deviation, t: independent t test, χ²: chi square test, Fisher: fisher exact test
NS: Non significant (P > 0.05)