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M\u00f3nica Matos sufr\u00eda dolores y rigidez en la zona lumbar \"de forma intermitente\" desde que estaba embarazada de su hija. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Era un beb\u00e9 muy grande, y yo s\u00f3lo mido 1,80 m\", dice Matos, que vive en Westport con su familia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Todo el mundo me dec\u00eda que era demasiado joven para tener problemas de espalda\", explica, y cuando le \"dol\u00eda o se agarrotaba\", controlaba las molestias con relajantes musculares. Pero el verano pasado las cosas cambiaron. Volv\u00eda a casa de su trabajo en una agencia de seguros de Fall River cuando empez\u00f3 a sentir dolores agudos y punzantes en la espalda que le bajaban por las piernas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Me dej\u00f3 sin aliento\", dijo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fue a recibir un masaje terap\u00e9utico, pero el dolor se hab\u00eda vuelto tan intenso que se dio cuenta de que no pod\u00eda caminar ni conducir. Acudi\u00f3 al servicio de urgencias del Charlton Memorial Hospital y esper\u00f3 en la sala de espera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cuando por fin me llamaron, no pod\u00eda levantarme\", dijo. \"Me pusieron en una silla de ruedas porque ten\u00eda un dolor agonizante\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entonces la remitieron a Southcoast Health Brain & Spine, donde le hicieron una resonancia magn\u00e9tica para que los m\u00e9dicos pudieran ver mejor los huesos y m\u00fasculos de la zona lumbar. La resonancia magn\u00e9tica mostr\u00f3 que ten\u00eda una hernia discal en la v\u00e9rtebra L5, y el asistente m\u00e9dico de Neurocirug\u00eda de Southcoast Health, Aaron Novy, la envi\u00f3 al Southcoast Health Surgery Center de Dartmouth para que le pusieran una inyecci\u00f3n de cortisona en un intento de aliviarle la dolencia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Por desgracia, no funcion\u00f3. No hubo alivio\", dijo. Por suerte para M\u00f3nica, era candidata para una t\u00e9cnica quir\u00fargica de vanguardia que el neurocirujano Richard Dowd, MD.<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

En los \u00faltimos 10-15 a\u00f1os se han producido avances en la cirug\u00eda de la columna vertebral, uno de los cuales es la discectom\u00eda endosc\u00f3pica. El procedimiento consiste en trabajar con una peque\u00f1a c\u00e1mara para eliminar las zonas de compresi\u00f3n nerviosa a trav\u00e9s de incisiones muy peque\u00f1as y ayuda a los pacientes a recuperarse m\u00e1s r\u00e1pidamente sin pasar la noche en el hospital.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"La cirug\u00eda endosc\u00f3pica ha transformado realmente la forma de tratar determinadas afecciones de la columna vertebral. En lugar de grandes incisiones y largas recuperaciones, ahora podemos realizar procedimientos selectivos, ultram\u00ednimamente invasivos, que se llevan a cabo en menos de una hora sin anestesia general. Para muchos pacientes, ofrece un alivio duradero sin necesidad de fusi\u00f3n vertebral, tendiendo un puente entre el tratamiento del dolor y las intervenciones quir\u00fargicas m\u00e1s invasivas\", se\u00f1ala el Dr. Dowd.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Con sede en el Hospital Tobey en Wareham, MA el equipo endosc\u00f3pico consiste en Richard Dowd, MD, Jessica Keough, NP, Erin Noonan, NP, Aaron Novy, PA, y Matthew Viglianti, PA. Southcoast Health ha estado proporcionando cirug\u00edas endosc\u00f3picas de columna vertebral desde octubre de 2024 y han realizado m\u00e1s de 20 procedimientos hasta la fecha, M\u00f3nica es uno de ellos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"El Dr. Dowd me explic\u00f3 todas las cuestiones y respondi\u00f3 a todas mis preguntas\", dijo M\u00f3nica, se\u00f1alando que el Dr. Dowd y el equipo la hicieron sentir confiada y tranquila al someterse a la intervenci\u00f3n. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

La operaci\u00f3n de M\u00f3nica fue bien: el Dr. Dowd le extirp\u00f3 una parte del disco en la v\u00e9rtebra L5 y pudo volver a casa el mismo d\u00eda. M\u00f3nica se\u00f1al\u00f3 que ya sent\u00eda cierto alivio, pues pod\u00eda ir andando hasta el coche y sentarse de camino a casa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Todo el personal fue maravilloso, muy atento\", dijo. \"Mientras me recuperaba, el personal de Southcoast Health Brain & Spine fue muy atento y servicial. Cuando llamaba para hacer una pregunta, me devolv\u00edan la llamada el mismo d\u00eda o a la ma\u00f1ana siguiente. Cuando fui a mi examen de seguimiento, pude hacer todo lo que quise\".  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00f3nica pudo volver al trabajo s\u00f3lo tres semanas despu\u00e9s de la intervenci\u00f3n y no necesit\u00f3 fisioterapia de seguimiento.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Estoy contenta de volver a la normalidad. No te das cuenta de lo mucho que das por sentadas esas cosas hasta que no puedes hacerlas\", dice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Historias como la de M\u00f3nica son exactamente por qu\u00e9 hacemos lo que hacemos\", dijo el Dr. Dowd. \"Si usted est\u00e1 luchando con dolor de espalda o cuello y se pregunta si hay una mejor opci\u00f3n, programe una cita para vernos. Ya sea conmigo o con uno de nuestros experimentados PAs o NPs, vamos a tomar el tiempo para entender sus s\u00edntomas, y hablar a trav\u00e9s de si este procedimiento m\u00ednimamente invasivo ultra podr\u00eda ser adecuado para usted. En muchos casos, puede significar evitar una cirug\u00eda mayor y volver a su vida m\u00e1s r\u00e1pidamente. Todo empieza con una conversaci\u00f3n\".  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre Southcoast Health Brain & Spine Center, visite<\/em>Servicios cerebrales y de columna vertebral de Southcoast Health<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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