{"id":277925,"date":"2026-03-31T12:32:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/doctors\/christian-petrulio-md\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:01:23","slug":"christian-petrulio-md","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/christian-petrulio-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Petrulio MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>O Dr. Christian Petrulio \u00e9 um cirurgi\u00e3o de m\u00e3o com dupla certifica\u00e7\u00e3o e forma\u00e7\u00e3o em cirurgia geral e cirurgia de m\u00e3o.  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A partir da\u00ed, fez a sua especializa\u00e7\u00e3o em M\u00e3o e Microcirurgia no Instituto Kleinert-Kutz da Universidade de Louisville, onde participou no segundo e terceiro transplantes de m\u00e3o alguma vez efectuados nos Estados Unidos.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ap\u00f3s a conclus\u00e3o da sua forma\u00e7\u00e3o cir\u00fargica, juntou-se a uma cl\u00ednica de Cirurgia da M\u00e3o em Austin, Texas, durante cinco anos, antes de se juntar ao Southcoast Physicians Group em 2014.\n<\/p>\n<p>As suas \u00e1reas de especializa\u00e7\u00e3o incluem tratamentos minimamente invasivos para a compress\u00e3o de nervos, incluindo a s\u00edndrome do t\u00fanel c\u00e1rpico e a compress\u00e3o do nervo ulnar.  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