Wound complication in patients
| Patient | OC or PMC | Levels fused | Postoperative day of complication | Unplanned return to OR | Treatment or procedure | Culture |
| Case 1 | OC | 15 | 57 | Yes | Revision, I&D ×2 | MSSA, Streptococcus pyogenes |
| Case 2 | OC | 16 | 70 | No | Local wound care, antibiotics | MSSA, Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| Case 3 | OC | 16 | 6 | Yes | I&D ×3 | No organisms isolated |
| Case 4 | PMC | 16 | 57 | No | Local wound care | N/A |
| Case 5 | OC | 16 | 13 | No | IV antibiotics | E. coli, Pseudomonas |
| Case 6 | OC | 14 | 10 | Yes | I&D | E. coli, Pseudomonas |
| Case 7 | OC | 16 | 36 | No | Local wound care | N/A |
| Case 8 | PMC | 16 | 30 | No | N/A | Pseudomonas |
| Case 9 | OC | 16 | 17 | Yes | I&D ×2, local wound care | Enterobacter cloacae, gram positive cocci |
| Case 10 | OC | 16 | 80 | No | Local wound care | N/A |
| Case 11 | OC | 16 | 48 | No | Local wound care, antibiotics | N/A |
| Case 12 | PMC | 17 | 29 | Yes | I&D | N/A |
| Case 13 | PMC | 15 | 37 | No | Local wound care | N/A |
| Case 14 | OC | 15 | 25 | Yes | I&D | Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Citrobacter freundii |
| Case 15 | PMC | 15 | 8 | Yes | I&D | N/A |
E. coli, Escherichia coli; I&D, incision and drainage; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; N/A, not available; OC, orthopedic closure; OR, operating room; PMC, plastic multilayered closure.