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M\u00f3nica Matos sentia dores e rigidez na zona lombar \"de vez em quando\" desde que estava gr\u00e1vida da sua filha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ela era um beb\u00e9 muito grande e eu s\u00f3 tenho 1,80 m\", disse Matos, que vive em Westport com a fam\u00edlia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Toda a gente dizia que eu era demasiado nova para ter problemas de costas\", diz ela, e quando \"do\u00eda ou tinha convuls\u00f5es\", controlava o desconforto com relaxantes musculares. No ver\u00e3o passado, as coisas mudaram. Estava a regressar a casa do seu emprego numa ag\u00eancia de seguros em Fall River quando come\u00e7ou a sentir dores agudas e lancinantes nas costas que se irradiavam pelas pernas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Fiquei sem f\u00f4lego\", disse ela. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foi fazer uma massagem terap\u00eautica, mas as dores tornaram-se t\u00e3o intensas que n\u00e3o conseguia andar ou conduzir. Dirigiu-se ao servi\u00e7o de urg\u00eancia do Charlton Memorial Hospital e esperou na sala de espera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Quando finalmente me chamaram, eu n\u00e3o conseguia levantar-me\", conta. \"Puseram-me numa cadeira de rodas porque estava com dores agonizantes.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foi ent\u00e3o encaminhada para o Southcoast Health Brain & Spine, onde foi submetida a uma RM (resson\u00e2ncia magn\u00e9tica) para que os m\u00e9dicos pudessem ver melhor os ossos e os m\u00fasculos da zona lombar. A resson\u00e2ncia magn\u00e9tica mostrou que ela tinha uma h\u00e9rnia de disco na v\u00e9rtebra L5 e o m\u00e9dico assistente da Southcoast Health Neurosurgery, Aaron Novy, enviou-a para o Southcoast Health Surgery Center em Dartmouth para tomar uma inje\u00e7\u00e3o de cortisona, numa tentativa de obter al\u00edvio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Infelizmente, isso n\u00e3o funcionou. N\u00e3o houve al\u00edvio\", disse ela. Felizmente para Monica, ela era candidata a uma t\u00e9cnica cir\u00fargica de ponta recentemente trazida para a Southcoast Health pelo neurocirurgi\u00e3o Richard Dowd, MD.<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nos \u00faltimos 10 a 15 anos, registaram-se avan\u00e7os nas cirurgias da coluna vertebral, sendo um deles a discectomia endosc\u00f3pica. O procedimento envolve a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o de uma pequena c\u00e2mara para remover \u00e1reas de compress\u00e3o nervosa atrav\u00e9s de incis\u00f5es extremamente pequenas e ajuda os doentes a recuperarem mais rapidamente, sem terem de passar a noite no hospital.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A cirurgia endosc\u00f3pica transformou efetivamente a forma como tratamos determinadas doen\u00e7as da coluna vertebral. Em vez de grandes incis\u00f5es e longas recupera\u00e7\u00f5es, podemos agora efetuar procedimentos orientados, ultra minimamente invasivos, que t\u00eam lugar em menos de uma hora sem anestesia geral. Para muitos pacientes, oferece um al\u00edvio duradouro sem a necessidade de fus\u00e3o da coluna vertebral, colmatando a lacuna entre o controlo da dor e as cirurgias mais invasivas\", observou o Dr. Dowd.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Com base no Tobey Hospital em Wareham, MA, a equipa endosc\u00f3pica \u00e9 composta por Richard Dowd, MD, Jessica Keough, NP, Erin Noonan, NP, Aaron Novy, PA, e Matthew Viglianti, PA. A Southcoast Health oferece cirurgias endosc\u00f3picas da coluna desde outubro de 2024 e j\u00e1 realizou mais de 20 procedimentos at\u00e9 o momento, sendo o de Monica um deles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"O Dr. Dowd explicou todas as quest\u00f5es e respondeu a todas as minhas perguntas\", afirmou Monica, referindo que o Dr. Dowd e a equipa a fizeram sentir-se confiante e \u00e0 vontade para realizar o procedimento. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cirurgia da M\u00f3nica correu bem - o Dr. Dowd removeu uma parte do disco na v\u00e9rtebra L5, e ela p\u00f4de regressar a casa no mesmo dia. A M\u00f3nica notou que j\u00e1 estava a sentir algum al\u00edvio, pois conseguiu caminhar at\u00e9 ao carro e sentar-se no caminho para casa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Toda a equipa foi maravilhosa, t\u00e3o atenciosa\", disse ela. \"Durante a minha recupera\u00e7\u00e3o, o pessoal do Southcoast Health Brain & Spine foi muito recetivo e prest\u00e1vel. Quando telefonava com uma pergunta, ligavam-me de volta no mesmo dia ou na manh\u00e3 seguinte. Quando fui ao meu exame de acompanhamento, podia fazer tudo o que quisesse.\"  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00f3nica p\u00f4de regressar ao trabalho apenas tr\u00eas semanas ap\u00f3s a interven\u00e7\u00e3o e n\u00e3o necessitou de fisioterapia posterior.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Estou feliz por estar de volta \u00e0 normalidade. S\u00f3 de andar e sentar, n\u00e3o nos apercebemos do quanto tomamos essas coisas como garantidas at\u00e9 n\u00e3o as podermos fazer\", disse ela. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Hist\u00f3rias como a da Monica s\u00e3o exatamente a raz\u00e3o pela qual fazemos o que fazemos\", afirmou o Dr. Dowd. \"Se estiver a debater-se com dores nas costas ou no pesco\u00e7o e se estiver a pensar se existe uma op\u00e7\u00e3o melhor, marque uma consulta connosco. Quer seja comigo ou com um dos nossos PAs ou NPs experientes, iremos dedicar algum tempo a compreender os seus sintomas e falar sobre se este procedimento ultra minimamente invasivo pode ser adequado para si. Em muitos casos, pode significar evitar uma grande cirurgia e regressar \u00e0 sua vida mais rapidamente. Tudo come\u00e7a com uma conversa\".  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o Southcoast Health Brain & Spine Center, visite<\/em>Servi\u00e7os do c\u00e9rebro e da coluna vertebral da Southcoast Health<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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