<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1727-897X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MediSur]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Medisur]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1727-897X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos, Centro Provincial de Ciencias Médicas, Provincia de Cienfuegos.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1727-897X2020000601225</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Tratamiento de una fractura-luxación del tobillo mediante la fijación externa RALCA. Seguimiento de cinco años]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Treatment of an ankle fracture-dislocation using RALCA external fixation. Five-year monitoring]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Truffin Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yaniel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Osmany]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Annia L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguia Lima  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cienfuegos Cienfuegos]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cienfuegos Cienfuegos]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>18</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>1225</fpage>
<lpage>1232</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1727-897X2020000601225&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1727-897X2020000601225&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1727-897X2020000601225&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La fractura luxación del tobillo se presenta con alguna frecuencia en la práctica médica. La asociación de una luxación en las fracturas de tobillo modifica su abordaje terapéutico puesto que la articulación no debe permanecer por más de seis horas en dicha situación y por ende se requerirá del tratamiento quirúrgico de urgencia. Son conocidas las complicaciones relacionadas con la no reducción de una luxación en el periodo de tiempo mencionado anteriormente, dentro de estas, la necrosis avascular del astrágalo representa la más temida debido a la incapacidad que genera. Por tales razones se decidió presentar un caso que muestra el tratamiento de una fractura -luxación del tobillo derecho, en una paciente de 30 años de edad, estabilizada mediante el empleo de un mini fijador RALCA, la cual fue seguida por un periodo de cinco años.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Ankle fracture dislocation occurs with some frequency in medical practice. The association of a dislocation in ankle fractures modifies its therapeutic approach since the joint should not remain for more than six hours in this situation and therefore emergency surgical treatment will be required. Complications related to the non-reduction of a dislocation in the previously mentioned period of time are known; within these, avascular necrosis of the talus represents the most feared due to the disability it generates. For these reasons, it was decided to present a case that shows the treatment of a fracture -luxation of the right ankle, in a 30-year-old patient, stabilized by using a RALCA mini fixator, which was followed for a period of five years.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fracturas de tobillo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[traumatismos del tobillo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[terapéutica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fijadores externos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ankle fractures]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ankle injuries]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[therapeutics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[external fixators]]></kwd>
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