Establishment and Initial Testing of a Medium-Sized, Surgically Feasible Animal Model for Brucellar Spondylodiscitis: A Preliminary Study

Table 2

Demographic classification of Brucellar spondylodiscitis according to the modified classification of the magnetic resonance imaging.

Groups	Postoperative outcome			Modified MRI classification
	Success	Death	Exclusion	Discitis	Spondylitis	Paraspinal/psoas abscess	Appendicitis	Compound
Experimental	10/12	1/12	1/12	1/10	0/10	2/10	0/10	7/10
Sham surgery	0/12	1/12	0/12	0/11	0/11	0/11	0/11	0/11
Normal control	0/12	0/12	0/12	0/12	0/12	0/12	0/12	0/12

Success: successful establishment of the animal model confirmed by radiographic and histopathological evidences.