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Antes da opera\u00e7\u00e3o de substitui\u00e7\u00e3o da anca, David Kent cerrava os dentes e arquejava de dor s\u00f3 de entrar no carro para ir trabalhar. Entrava a coxear no escrit\u00f3rio, por vezes tinha dificuldade em levantar-se ou sentar-se e j\u00e1 n\u00e3o conseguia desfrutar de muitas das actividades f\u00edsicas de que tinha gostado durante toda a sua vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E era ativo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lan\u00e7ou e apanhou bolas na sua equipa de basebol do liceu, jogou futebol americano na faculdade (frequentou o Occidental College, onde conheceu o futuro Presidente Barack Obama), foi jogador de t\u00e9nis, mergulhador, caminhante e, durante 17 anos, jogador de softbol de competi\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quando chegou aos 60 anos, as articula\u00e7\u00f5es de David estavam a ficar gastas e as dores eram quase constantes. Tomava 800 mg de ibuprofeno por dia s\u00f3 para se aguentar, revirava-se durante a noite e n\u00e3o conseguia fazer as coisas de que mais gostava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Escusado ser\u00e1 dizer que as minhas ancas estavam em p\u00e9ssimo estado\", diz ele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decidido a mudar, participou num semin\u00e1rio online gratuito sobre Cirurgia assistida por bra\u00e7o rob\u00f3tico Mako <\/a>com Dr. Joseph Lifrak<\/a>um cirurgi\u00e3o ortop\u00e9dico da Southcoast Health especializado em substitui\u00e7\u00f5es do joelho. Embora David sentisse fortes dores nos joelhos, o problema mais premente era que precisava de substituir as duas ancas antes de poder operar os joelhos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ap\u00f3s o semin\u00e1rio, encontrou-se com o cirurgi\u00e3o ortop\u00e9dico da Southcoast Health Dr. Christopher Skeehan<\/a>que lhe apresentou o sistema de cirurgia assistida por bra\u00e7o rob\u00f3tico Mako. Este sistema permitiria ao cirurgi\u00e3o planear e executar com maior precis\u00e3o a substitui\u00e7\u00e3o da anca, reduzir os cortes que o cirurgi\u00e3o teria de fazer e limitar os danos nos tecidos, tend\u00f5es e ligamentos circundantes. Isto permitiria a David voltar a levantar-se - e \u00e0 sua vida muito ativa - mais rapidamente e sem complica\u00e7\u00f5es cir\u00fargicas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Falou sobre o assunto com a sua mulher Linda, decidiu perder 15 quilos para acelerar a recupera\u00e7\u00e3o e submeteu-se \u00e0 primeira substitui\u00e7\u00e3o da anca em junho passado. A cirurgia demorou 2,5 horas e ele passou uma noite no hospital. Usou um andarilho durante dois dias, uma bengala durante tr\u00eas dias, tomou Tylenol para controlar as dores e regressou ao trabalho ap\u00f3s duas semanas de fisioterapia na cl\u00ednica de reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o da Southcoast Health em Fall River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A segunda anca foi substitu\u00edda numa cirurgia ambulat\u00f3ria em dezembro passado, numa opera\u00e7\u00e3o que demorou menos de duas horas. Naquela noite, disse ele, estava de volta \u00e0 sua casa em Newport, RI, onde conseguiu subir as escadas sozinho. A eleva\u00e7\u00e3o e a aplica\u00e7\u00e3o de gelo na anca e na perna mantiveram o incha\u00e7o - e a dor - a um n\u00edvel m\u00ednimo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Em duas semanas, estava de volta ao seu trabalho, gerindo as vendas da Ryan Herco Flow Solutions, um distribuidor nacional l\u00edder de sistemas de controlo de fluidos com um escrit\u00f3rio em Coventry, RI. O joelho esquerdo ser\u00e1 substitu\u00eddo no outono, tamb\u00e9m com o sistema cir\u00fargico Mako.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David foi submetido a um total de cerca de seis semanas de reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o - andar de bicicleta ergom\u00e9trica, fazer eleva\u00e7\u00f5es de pernas e movimentos est\u00e1ticos para melhorar a mobilidade - ap\u00f3s as duas cirurgias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Foi uma quest\u00e3o de semanas\" at\u00e9 ter recuperado 90-95% da sua fun\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David disse que ficou muito impressionado com a coordena\u00e7\u00e3o da equipa cir\u00fargica da Southcoast Health com os fisioterapeutas e o seu m\u00e9dico de cuidados prim\u00e1rios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nunca fiquei t\u00e3o impressionado com a coordena\u00e7\u00e3o da administra\u00e7\u00e3o, cirurgia, fisioterapia\", tudo ligado por uma aplica\u00e7\u00e3o, disse ele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atualmente, ele e a mulher caminham 5,5 quil\u00f3metros v\u00e1rios dias por semana e vai ao gin\u00e1sio andar de bicicleta e fazer exerc\u00edcios para as pernas e bra\u00e7os. Dentro de alguns meses, espera voltar a jogar t\u00e9nis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agora com 64 anos, ele e Linda esperam reformar-se numa casa no Arizona para ficarem mais perto da fam\u00edlia, depois de uma carreira que o levou a atravessar o pa\u00eds e a regressar v\u00e1rias vezes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Agora n\u00e3o tenho dores, ando na perfei\u00e7\u00e3o e diria que estou quase 100% recuperado. Sou um f\u00e3 da cirurgia rob\u00f3tica\", diz David. \"N\u00e3o tenho nada al\u00e9m de gratid\u00e3o por toda a organiza\u00e7\u00e3o. Eles dominam o processo\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clicar aqui<\/a> para saber mais sobre a cirurgia rob\u00f3tica na Southcoast Health. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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