Ellie Zhang, Hayes Fountain, Timothy Trestrail, Joshua Kronenfeld, Carolina Jimenez, Robert Cubas
{"title":"Strangulated femoral hernia leading to lower extremity necrotizing soft tissue infection.","authors":"Ellie Zhang, Hayes Fountain, Timothy Trestrail, Joshua Kronenfeld, Carolina Jimenez, Robert Cubas","doi":"10.31053/1853.0605.v82.n2.45345","DOIUrl":"10.31053/1853.0605.v82.n2.45345","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article presents a rare case of a necrotizing soft tissue infection secondary to a strangulated and perforated femoral hernia. The patient had presented several days after the onset of symptoms and was in septic shock due to spillage of intestinal contents into the thigh. Urgent operative management was undertaken to obtain source control and debride the significant necrotic tissue that was present. Additionally, small bowel resection via a midline laparotomy was required as the bowel was necrotic on intraoperative evaluation. Specific management challenges included the closure of hernia defect in an infected field and the complex wound care regimen necessitated by the extent of tissue necrosis. Prompt surgical intervention, in the setting of a necrotizing soft tissue infection, is imperative to achieving a favorable outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":38814,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas de Cordoba","volume":"82 2","pages":"409-418"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12455740/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144545307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vanina Anahí Pisano, Emiliano Liotino, Belén Rubinich, Micaela Balvidares, Camila Vitale, Rocío Zanazzi, Rafael Balbarrey, Jennifer Bentos
{"title":"Physical fitness in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury, level of mobility and community participation: \u0000an observational cross-sectional study","authors":"Vanina Anahí Pisano, Emiliano Liotino, Belén Rubinich, Micaela Balvidares, Camila Vitale, Rocío Zanazzi, Rafael Balbarrey, Jennifer Bentos","doi":"10.31053/1853.0605.v82.n2.45763","DOIUrl":"10.31053/1853.0605.v82.n2.45763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Physical fitness is often low in people with spinal cord injury. It is related to functionality, participation, and wheelchair mobility. We have found discrepancies about what happens to physical fitness after rehabilitation discharge.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe the physical fitness of wheelchair users with spinal cord injury attending a rehabilitation institute. Secondary objective: to describe the level of mobility and community participation.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>Observational, cross-sectional study. Subjects living in the community were included. The main variable was the level of physical fitness according to the 6-minute manual propulsion test. Secondary variables such as community mobility (SCIM III and WST-Q) and participation perception (RNLI) were considered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixteen subjects were included. The level of physical fitness was low in 87.5% of them. Regarding community mobility, 56% moved independently over distances greater than 100 meters. As for the perception of participation, 62.5% had mild to moderate restrictions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Physical fitness, community mobility, and participation in subjects with spinal cord injury were described. The majority of the sample has low physical fitness, requires some degree of assistance in community mobility, and has mild to moderate participation restrictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":38814,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas de Cordoba","volume":"82 2","pages":"343-361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12455743/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144545304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}