Treatment of a Fracture-dislocation of the Ankle Using RALCA® External Fixator
The association of ankle fractures with a dislocation modifies their therapeutic management since the joint must not remain in such abnormal position for more than six hours and therefore, urgent surgical treatment is needed. The case of a 30-year-old woman treated at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima...
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
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| author | Yaniel Truffin Rodriguez José Julio Requeiro Molina Gerardo Águila Tejeda |
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| description | The association of ankle fractures with a dislocation modifies their therapeutic management since the joint must not remain in such abnormal position for more than six hours and therefore, urgent surgical treatment is needed. The case of a 30-year-old woman treated at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital in Cienfuegos is presented. The patient presented with a severe fracture-dislocation of the right ankle with a supra-syndesmotic fibular fracture, a syndesmotic injury, a deltoid ligament injury and a tibial plafond fracture resulting from a bicycle fall. The fracture-dislocation was stabilized by using a RALCA® external mini-fixator. Full recovery was achieved five months after surgery. In our service, we may not have the devices most commonly used for fixation of ankle injuries at a given moment; therefore, external fixation becomes a viable option to correct this type of fractures. For this reason, we decided to present this case that demonstrates the effectiveness of the RALCA® external fixator. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f7a491113d7b46219f2670b926375bbb2024-03-04T23:09:45ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2016-06-011433283331327Treatment of a Fracture-dislocation of the Ankle Using RALCA® External FixatorYaniel Truffin Rodriguez0José Julio Requeiro Molina1Gerardo Águila Tejeda2Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima University General Hospital. Cienfuegos.Hospital Pediátrico Docente Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos.Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. Cienfuegos.The association of ankle fractures with a dislocation modifies their therapeutic management since the joint must not remain in such abnormal position for more than six hours and therefore, urgent surgical treatment is needed. The case of a 30-year-old woman treated at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital in Cienfuegos is presented. The patient presented with a severe fracture-dislocation of the right ankle with a supra-syndesmotic fibular fracture, a syndesmotic injury, a deltoid ligament injury and a tibial plafond fracture resulting from a bicycle fall. The fracture-dislocation was stabilized by using a RALCA® external mini-fixator. Full recovery was achieved five months after surgery. In our service, we may not have the devices most commonly used for fixation of ankle injuries at a given moment; therefore, external fixation becomes a viable option to correct this type of fractures. For this reason, we decided to present this case that demonstrates the effectiveness of the RALCA® external fixator.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/2897fracturas de tobillotraumatismos del tobillofijadores externos |
| spellingShingle | Yaniel Truffin Rodriguez José Julio Requeiro Molina Gerardo Águila Tejeda Treatment of a Fracture-dislocation of the Ankle Using RALCA® External Fixator Medisur fracturas de tobillo traumatismos del tobillo fijadores externos |
| title | Treatment of a Fracture-dislocation of the Ankle Using RALCA® External Fixator |
| title_full | Treatment of a Fracture-dislocation of the Ankle Using RALCA® External Fixator |
| title_fullStr | Treatment of a Fracture-dislocation of the Ankle Using RALCA® External Fixator |
| title_full_unstemmed | Treatment of a Fracture-dislocation of the Ankle Using RALCA® External Fixator |
| title_short | Treatment of a Fracture-dislocation of the Ankle Using RALCA® External Fixator |
| title_sort | treatment of a fracture dislocation of the ankle using ralca r external fixator |
| topic | fracturas de tobillo traumatismos del tobillo fijadores externos |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/2897 |
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