The Limitation of Endoscopic Surgery Using the Full Endoscopic Discectomy System for the Treatment of Destructive Stage Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis: A Case Series

Table 2

Summary of data in four patients.

	Patient	Level	Organism	Comorbidity	Onset to FED (day)	FED to OS (day)	F/U (month)
(1)	75 m	L4/L5	E. coli	DM, CKD	15	14	22
(2)	71 f	L2/L3	GBS	CHF	14	15	26
(3)	77 m	L4/L5	MSSA	DM	13	14	6
(4)	70 f	L3/L4	—	DM	12	15	24

E. coli = Escherichia coli, GBS = group B Streptococcus, MSSA = methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, DM = diabetes mellitus, CHF = chronic heart failure, CKD = chronic kidney disease, FED = full endoscopic discectomy, OS = open surgery, and F/U = follow-up.