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<journal-id>2709-7927</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica del Centro]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd centro]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2709-7927</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario Arnaldo Milián Castro]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2709-79272022000200252</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Enfermedad de Palmer, complicación poco frecuente de la ruptura del ligamento colateral interno de la rodilla]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Palmer's disease, a rare complication of internal collateral ligament injury of the knee]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Morales Piñeiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mata Cuevas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roberto]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Morera Estévez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lourdes María]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez Estupiñán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lázaro Martín]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Universitario &#8220;Mártires del 9 de Abril&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Sagua la Grande Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Central &#8220;Marta Abreu&#8221; de Las Villas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>252</fpage>
<lpage>260</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2709-79272022000200252&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2709-79272022000200252&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2709-79272022000200252&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  la enfermedad de Palmer (o el síndrome de Palmer) es poco conocida y se debe a la ruptura del ligamento colateral interno de la rodilla de causa traumática hacia la inserción femoral.  Objetivo:  presentar tres pacientes que padecen la enfermedad de Palmer como consecuencia de una lesión traumática del ligamento colateral interno de la rodilla en otro momento.  Métodos:  estudio de casos múltiples de pacientes tratados por artroscopia en el período comprendido entre enero de 2002 y enero de 2020. Se analizaron aspectos como la edad, el sexo, la causa, el tiempo transcurrido hasta la operación y el procedimiento realizado. Los resultados se evaluaron mediante la escala visual análoga para el dolor y la escala de evaluación de Lysholm.  Resultados:  todos son jóvenes activos del sexo masculino, dos con lesión en la rodilla derecha, dos con historia de traumas deportivos y uno laboral. El dolor, el bloqueo, la limitación a la extensión de la rodilla y las maniobras de Böhler, de Mc Murray y de Apley fueron positivos en todos los pacientes. Se constató una significativa mejoría de la escala visual análoga para el dolor y de la escala de Lysholm en el postoperatorio.  Conclusiones:  la enfermedad de Palmer es secundaria a la lesión del ligamento colateral interno que simula una lesión del menisco interno; su diagnóstico y su solución son posibles con la realización de una artroscopia y con una rehabilitación intensiva.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Palmer's disease (or Palmer's syndrome) is poorly understood and is due to traumatic rupture of the internal collateral ligament of the knee at the femoral insertion.  Objective:  to present three patients suffering from Palmer's disease as a consequence of a traumatic internal collateral ligament injury of the knee at another time.  Methods:  study of multiple cases of patients treated by arthroscopy in the period from January 2002 to January 2020. Aspects such as age, sex, cause, time to operation and procedure performed were analyzed. The results were evaluated using the visual analog scale for pain and the Lysholm assessment scale.  Results:  all are young active males, two with right knee injury, two with history of sports trauma and one work-related. Pain, block, knee extension limitation and Böhler, Mc Murray and Apley maneuvers were positive in all patients. There was a significant improvement in the visual analog scale for pain and in the Lysholm scale postoperatively.  Conclusions:  Palmer's disease is secondary to internal collateral ligament injury that simulates an internal meniscus injury; its diagnosis and resolution are possible with arthroscopy and intensive rehabilitation.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Palmer's syndrome]]></kwd>
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