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Rev Mex Med Fis Rehab 2026; 38 (1)

Complications in patients with spinal cord injury at the Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación «Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra» from 2015 to 2023

Amador ACD, Barrera OA, Rodríguez BM, Quinzaños FJ

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 12-17
PDF size: 824.69 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: the incidence of spinal cord injury in Mexico is estimated at 18.1 cases per million inhabitants, with traumatic causes being the most common. It results in varying degrees of disability and is often associated with a range of complications that affect social participation and quality of life; among these, urinary tract infections and pressure ulcers are the most common. Objective: to describe the clinic and epidemiologic characteristics, as well as the main complications that occur in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) at the Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación «Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra». Material and methods: an observational, cross-sectional and comparative study was carried out in the Spinal Cord Injury Service, of patients with the diagnosis of spinal cord injury from 2015 to 2023. Results: 1,327 individuals were studied. The most frequent neurological level was the lower thoracic (30.8%) and the majority presented traumatic, complete spinal cord injury. 61.9% of subjects presented complications, of which, the most frequent ones were pressure sores, pain and spasticity. We found associations between the different complications and some clinical and sociodemographic variables. Conclusions: the majority of patients with spinal cord injury presented complications (69.1%) and the most frequent were pressure ulcers, pain, spasticity and spasms.


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