{"id":18141,"date":"2024-05-30T14:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/partial-knee-replacements\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:45:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:45:50","slug":"partial-knee-replacements","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/partial-knee-replacements\/","title":{"rendered":"Diez a\u00f1os de fuertes dolores de rodilla terminan con una pr\u00f3tesis parcial de rodilla"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las inyecciones de f\u00e1rmacos, las pastillas y dos operaciones artrosc\u00f3picas hicieron poco por alejar el dolor. Siempre reaparec\u00eda y segu\u00eda empeorando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Era como si me clavaran un pincho de metal en la rodilla y cada dos segundos alguien me diera un golpecito\", dijo. Un antiinflamatorio no esteroideo \"me hizo la vida m\u00e1s llevadera, pero nada hizo desaparecer el dolor\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La suerte de Michael empez\u00f3 a cambiar cuando oy\u00f3 hablar de Ortopedia Southcoast Health<\/a> y Dr. Joseph Lifrak<\/a>. El m\u00e9dico hab\u00eda sustituido la rodilla de un sacerdote en la iglesia donde Michael, t\u00e9cnico de servicio de Liberty Utilities en Fall River, estaba cambiando un contador de gas. Result\u00f3 que tambi\u00e9n hab\u00eda operado de la rodilla a cuatro de los diez feligreses que ese d\u00eda estaban cocinando en la iglesia. Todos ellos no ten\u00edan m\u00e1s que elogios para el cirujano, y Michael decidi\u00f3 llamar para concertar una cita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael acudi\u00f3 a su primera visita en mayo de 2023, impresionado por la rapidez con la que pudo concertar una cita. Le sorprendi\u00f3 la amabilidad y la alegr\u00eda del personal. Cuando por fin conoci\u00f3 al Dr. Lifrak, empez\u00f3 a entender por qu\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Por la forma en que te habla, es como si fuera tu mejor amigo\", dice Michael. \"Te trata como a una persona\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le sugirieron que se planteara una artroplastia parcial de rodilla, algo que nunca le hab\u00edan dicho los otros dos o tres cirujanos ortop\u00e9dicos a los que hab\u00eda consultado en el pasado. A sus 48 a\u00f1os, le dijeron repetidamente que era demasiado joven para una pr\u00f3tesis completa de rodilla. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"El m\u00e9dico se tom\u00f3 su tiempo para explicarme en qu\u00e9 consist\u00eda una pr\u00f3tesis parcial de rodilla\", dice Michael. \"Le hice un mont\u00f3n de preguntas y me las contest\u00f3 todas. Me tranquiliz\u00f3 y me hizo mucha ilusi\u00f3n. Quer\u00eda operarme al d\u00eda siguiente para aliviarme\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael tuvo el primer reemplazo parcial de rodilla el 17 de octubre de 2023 y el segundo el 5 de diciembre de 2023, ambos en Hospital Charlton Memorial<\/a>. \"Tuve grandes experiencias en Charlton Memorial y Southcoast Health Orthopedics\", dijo Michael. \"No puedo hablar mejor del personal. Son muy atentos, alegres y te dan un servicio A+\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La recuperaci\u00f3n fue mejor y con mucho menos dolor de lo que Michael esperaba. Le dieron el alta cuando ya pod\u00eda vestirse solo y subir un tramo de escaleras. Al cabo de un par de semanas, empez\u00f3 fisioterapia en Servicios de rehabilitaci\u00f3n de Southcoast<\/a> en Swansea, MA. A veces, el Dr. Lifrak se pasaba por all\u00ed para ver c\u00f3mo evolucionaba Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A finales de febrero de 2024, Michael estaba terminando la mudanza de Pawtucket a Somerset y deseando volver al trabajo. Tambi\u00e9n planeaba reanudar las largas caminatas y los paseos en bicicleta de los que antes disfrutaba, antes de que el dolor y la inflamaci\u00f3n de la rodilla le hicieran dejarlo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"No podr\u00eda pedir un resultado mejor\", dijo Michael. \"No me plantear\u00eda ir a otro sitio que no fuera Southcoast Health Orthopedics. Si alguna vez necesito un reemplazo total de rodilla, \u00a1all\u00ed es donde ir\u00e9!\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre los servicios ortop\u00e9dicos de Southcoast Health, visite Tratamientos Ortop\u00e9dicos MA & RI | Southcoast Health<\/a><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4659,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18141","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTen Years of Knee Pain Results in Partial Knee Replacements - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Michael Cruz spent a decade suffering from knee pain so severe it interfered with his life before coming to Southcoast Health for partial knee replacements.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/partial-knee-replacements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ten Years of Knee Pain Results in Partial Knee Replacements - 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