{"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\/pt\/news\/partial-knee-replacements\/","title":{"rendered":"Dez anos de dores graves no joelho terminam com uma pr\u00f3tese parcial do joelho"},"content":{"rendered":"

Injec\u00e7\u00f5es de medicamentos, comprimidos e duas cirurgias artrosc\u00f3picas pouco fizeram para afastar a dor. A dor regressava sempre e continuava a piorar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Era como se me tivessem espetado um espig\u00e3o de metal no joelho e, de dois em dois segundos, algu\u00e9m lhe desse uma pancada\", conta. Um anti-inflamat\u00f3rio n\u00e3o esteroide \"tornava a minha vida mais suport\u00e1vel, mas nada fazia desaparecer a dor\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sorte de Michael come\u00e7ou a mudar quando ouviu falar de Ortopedia da Sa\u00fade de Southcoast<\/a> e Dr. Joseph Lifrak<\/a>. O m\u00e9dico tinha substitu\u00eddo o joelho de um padre na igreja onde Michael, um t\u00e9cnico de servi\u00e7o da Liberty Utilities em Fall River, estava a mudar um contador de g\u00e1s. Afinal, tamb\u00e9m tinha feito substitui\u00e7\u00f5es de joelhos a quatro dos 10 paroquianos que estavam a cozinhar na cozinha da igreja nesse dia. Todos eles s\u00f3 tinham elogios para o cirurgi\u00e3o e Michael decidiu telefonar para marcar uma consulta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael chegou para a sua primeira visita em maio de 2023, j\u00e1 impressionado com a rapidez com que conseguiu marcar uma consulta. Ficou espantado com a simpatia e a alegria dos funcion\u00e1rios. Quando finalmente conheceu o Dr. Lifrak, come\u00e7ou a perceber porqu\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A forma como ele fala contigo, \u00e9 como se fosse o teu melhor amigo\", disse Michael. \"Ele trata-te como uma pessoa.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foi sugerido a Michael que considerasse uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o parcial do joelho, algo que nunca tinha ouvido dos outros dois ou tr\u00eas cirurgi\u00f5es ortop\u00e9dicos que tinha consultado no passado. Aos 48 anos, foi-lhe dito repetidamente que era demasiado novo para uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o total do joelho. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"O m\u00e9dico demorou algum tempo a explicar-me o que era uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o parcial do joelho\", disse Michael. \"Fiz uma s\u00e9rie de perguntas e ele respondeu a todas. P\u00f4s-me \u00e0 vontade e fiquei mesmo entusiasmado. Queria ser operado no dia seguinte s\u00f3 para ter al\u00edvio.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael fez a primeira substitui\u00e7\u00e3o parcial do joelho em 17 de outubro de 2023 e a segunda em 5 de dezembro de 2023, ambas em Hospital Memorial de Charlton<\/a>. \"Tive \u00f3ptimas experi\u00eancias no Charlton Memorial e na Southcoast Health Orthopedics\", afirmou Michael. \"N\u00e3o posso falar mais alto sobre o pessoal. S\u00e3o muito atenciosos, alegres e prestam um servi\u00e7o de excel\u00eancia.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recupera\u00e7\u00e3o correu melhor e com muito menos dores do que Michael esperava. S\u00f3 teve alta do hospital depois de se conseguir vestir sozinho e subir um lance de escadas. Passadas algumas semanas, come\u00e7ou a fazer fisioterapia na Servi\u00e7os de Reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o de Southcoast<\/a> em Swansea, MA. Por vezes, o Dr. Lifrak passava por c\u00e1 para ver como o Michael estava a progredir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No final de fevereiro de 2024, o Miguel estava a concluir uma mudan\u00e7a de Pawtucket para Somerset e ansioso por regressar ao trabalho. Tamb\u00e9m planeava retomar as longas caminhadas e os passeios de bicicleta que outrora apreciava, antes de as dores e o incha\u00e7o no joelho o obrigarem a parar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"N\u00e3o podia pedir um resultado melhor\", disse Michael. \"N\u00e3o pensaria em ir a outro s\u00edtio que n\u00e3o fosse a Southcoast Health Orthopedics. Se alguma vez precisar de uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o total do joelho, \u00e9 para l\u00e1 que irei!\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para saber mais sobre os servi\u00e7os ortop\u00e9dicos da Southcoast Health, visite Tratamentos 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=\"pt_PT\" \/>\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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