Cultura

A Social Sciences Perspective For An Expert-Validated Proposal Of A Gender Violence Care Protocol: The Case Of Hospital Verdi Cevallos, Manabí, Ecuador

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Mercedes Navarro Cejas, PhD, Arelis mariuxi demera Bermello, Mg, Pedro Manuel Falconi Ayón, Mg, Maritza Elizabeth Quiroz Vinces, Mg
Germania Eduviges Navarrete Cusme, Ernesto Intriago Zambrano, Mg, Jean Casanova Casanova, MgS

Abstract

This study aims to develop and validate a specialized care and prevention protocol to avoid the revictimization of women victims of gender-based violence in the emergency department of the Verdi Cevallos Balda Public Hospital in Portoviejo, Ecuador. Gender-based violence is approached as a structural social and public health problem that transcends individual experiences and is reinforced through institutional practices that may generate secondary and tertiary victimization. The research adopted a qualitative methodology with an action-research design, involving a non-probabilistic convenience sample of eleven multidisciplinary specialists from the health, legal, psychological, and social work fields. Data were collected through documentary analysis, observation, and focus groups, and the proposed protocol was validated using the nominal group technique and Kendall’s coefficient of concordance. The findings reveal a high level of expert consensus regarding the necessity, relevance, and applicability of a context-specific protocol focused on comprehensive, empathetic, and rights-based care. The resulting protocol establishes clear guidelines for medical, psychological, legal, and social intervention, emphasizing institutional coordination, confidentiality, and the prevention of revictimization. The study concludes that adapting national guidelines, such as the “Purple Code,” to local hospital contexts significantly strengthens institutional responses to gender-based violence and contributes to more humane, effective, and gender-sensitive emergency care services. 

Keywords : Gender-based violence; Revictimization; Emergency care; Care protocols; Women’s rights; Public hospitals.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty