Purpose: To assess the treatment outcome for disc infection in 35 patients.
Methods: Records of 23 men and 12 women aged 36 to 62 (mean, 43) years who underwent treatment for pyogenic discitis after open discectomy were reviewed. All patients had single-level disc herniation of L4-5 (n=28) or L5-S1 (n=6), except for one who had 2-level disc herniation of L4-S1.