{"id":18057,"date":"2023-05-24T17:26:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/michael-cantone\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T23:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:13:32","slug":"michael-cantone","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/michael-cantone\/","title":{"rendered":"Mako, una herramienta de cirug\u00eda asistida por brazo rob\u00f3tico que ha permitido a un atleta de toda la vida volver a ponerse en pie r\u00e1pidamente"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A finales de los 50, Michael Cantone sab\u00eda que sus rodillas estaban destrozadas. Apenas pod\u00eda doblarlas al entrar y salir del coche, y \"el dolor era de 12 sobre 10\". Deportista de toda la vida, que iba al gimnasio cinco d\u00edas a la semana y hab\u00eda jugado al b\u00e9isbol profesional y entrenado durante 20 a\u00f1os, dijo que el dolor de rodillas le estaba quitando las cosas que le gustaba hacer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"El punto de ruptura es cuando no puedes bajar las escaleras con los pies rectos\", dice. \"No quer\u00eda tener que bajar las escaleras de lado\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael, supervisor jubilado del servicio postal de Woonsocket y residente en Johnston (RI), prob\u00f3 con inyecciones de cortisona, pero el alivio s\u00f3lo le dur\u00f3 unos meses. Los m\u00e9dicos le dijeron que ten\u00eda que someterse a una operaci\u00f3n de pr\u00f3tesis de rodilla, pero pensar en ello era, como m\u00ednimo, inquietante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Podr\u00eda decirse que tengo fiebre de bata blanca cuando se trata de estar en el hospital\", dice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pero Michael, que ahora tiene 61 a\u00f1os y es padre de cuatro hijos, tiene una hija, Carmella, que trabajaba como t\u00e9cnica quir\u00fargica con<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#\/appointment-chooser\/providerId\/99992707\/patientTypeId\"> Dr. Joseph Lifrak<\/a>cirujano ortop\u00e9dico en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/locations\/charlton-memorial-hospital\/\">Hospital Charlton Memorial<\/a> en Fall River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le cont\u00f3 a Michael sobre el trabajo que el Dr. Lifrak estaba haciendo con el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/orthopedics\/mako-robotic-arm-assisted-technology\/\">Cirug\u00eda asistida por brazo rob\u00f3tico Mako <\/a>que permite a los cirujanos planificar previamente la intervenci\u00f3n y reducir la cantidad de cortes que deben realizar en la pr\u00f3tesis de rodilla. As\u00ed se reduce el tama\u00f1o de las incisiones y el da\u00f1o a los tejidos circundantes, lo que disminuye el dolor postoperatorio y acelera el tiempo de recuperaci\u00f3n de los pacientes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael dijo que se reuni\u00f3 con el Dr. Lifrak en su consulta de Providence y que el cirujano le cay\u00f3 bien de inmediato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Era un tipo deportista, muy agradable, y su equipo era fenomenal\", dice Michael. \"Me dijo: 'Podemos conseguirlo', y yo estaba preparado\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bajo la atenta supervisi\u00f3n del Dr. Lifrak y con la ayuda de la herramienta de cirug\u00eda asistida por brazo rob\u00f3tico Mako, a Michael le sustituyeron la rodilla izquierda -donde el dolor hueso contra hueso era peor- en febrero de 2022 en el Charlton Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Empez\u00f3 a las 10 de la ma\u00f1ana y a las 5 de la tarde ya estaba en casa. Dijo que tuvo dolores las dos primeras semanas, probablemente porque se excedi\u00f3 durante los primeros d\u00edas de rehabilitaci\u00f3n; pero a las seis semanas ya estaba de vuelta en el gimnasio y montando en bicicleta est\u00e1tica para ganar fuerza y flexibilidad, as\u00ed como forma f\u00edsica cardiovascular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Una vez que haces la primera rodilla, sabes qu\u00e9 esperar\", dice. \"Y empiezas a tener una idea de tu capacidad y movilidad\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le reemplazaron la rodilla derecha el pasado noviembre. La operaci\u00f3n empez\u00f3 a las 7 de la ma\u00f1ana y a las 2 de la tarde ya estaba en casa. El dolor fue m\u00ednimo y en dos semanas y media pudo volver a hacer sentadillas y bicicleta est\u00e1tica. Michael extiende su agradecimiento a su gimnasio, Next Level Training Center de Johnston, RI, que tambi\u00e9n fue decisivo en su recuperaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dice que tiene cicatrices m\u00ednimas, gracias a las incisiones m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as que la herramienta de cirug\u00eda asistida por brazo rob\u00f3tico Mako permiti\u00f3 hacer al Dr. Lifrak y a la vitamina E que Michael se unt\u00f3 en la piel alrededor de los puntos de incisi\u00f3n. Michael dice que est\u00e1 tan satisfecho con la intervenci\u00f3n que se la ha recomendado a varios amigos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael dijo que \u00e9l y su esposa, Jerri, con la que lleva casado 35 a\u00f1os, junto con sus hijos y nietos, esperan con ilusi\u00f3n su jubilaci\u00f3n activa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"No puedo decir suficientes cosas buenas\" sobre la cirug\u00eda y la atenci\u00f3n que recibi\u00f3 en Southcoast Health. \"Estoy encantado. Soy muy afortunado. Y puedo volver a vivir la vida a mi manera\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la cirug\u00eda rob\u00f3tica Mako de Southcoast Health, visite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/orthopedics\/mako-robotic-arm-assisted-technology\/\">Tecnolog\u00eda de brazo rob\u00f3tico Mako\u2122 | Southcoast Health<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4524,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18057","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery Tool Got Lifelong Athlete Back on His Feet Again Fast - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Michael said he has minimal scarring, thanks to the smaller incisions that the Mako robotic-arm assisted surgery tool enabled at Southcoast Health.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/michael-cantone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery Tool Got Lifelong Athlete Back on His Feet Again Fast - 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