Introduction: Discectomy open or endoscopic is the most frequently performed procedure in spine surgery. Postoperative infection in any field is a drastic complication both for patient and doctor. It takes prolong course and may take months if not years to heal. The recommended treatment is prolonging rest, antibiotics with specimen for culture whenever possible. Early detection is crucial and if antibiotics are started early. It improves the symptoms in majority of cases. In this modern era prolong rest and morbidity for months is not acceptable to majority of patients. So recently we changed our practice to early stabilization and observed magical results in terms of mobilization and pain relief. In this study we want to review our results of early surgical debridement and stabilization of postoperative lumbar discitis in terms of pain relief and function. Functional outcome will be measured by ODI (Oswestry Disability Index). Objective: To evaluate the results of early surgical stabilization of postoperative discitis patients in term of pain relief and functional outcome.

Material and method: Study design; Descriptive case series

Settings: department of orthopedic and spine surgery Khyber Girls Medical college Peshawar

Duration: from 2010 onward till date

Data collection procedure: All those patients who underwent spine stabilization after postoperative discitis will be identified from database. Consent had been taken from all these patients while performing surgery. Their charts will be reviewed, and data will be collected on the specified proforma. Also, will contact patients on telephone where possible to obtain the most recent data.

Data analysis: will be done using SPSS20