Media, TVCYL: Dr Piñal addresses in ‘Diagnóstico’ the microsurgical techniques in toe to hand transplants
The Spanish surgeon has performed more than 500 procedures of these characteristics, with a success rate over 99% of the cases. The informative program on medicine and health of Televisión Castilla y León (TVCYL), ‘Diagnóstico’, focused its last edition on amputations and microsurgical replantations. When it came to treating upper limb clinical pictures, the program […]
Toe to hand transplants: characteristics and case studies
Dr Francisco del Piñal is a world reference in the execution of toe to hand transplants. The Spanish surgeon has performed more than 500 microsurgical procedures of these characteristics, with a success rate over 99%, restoring function in their upper extremity to patients with different degrees of mutilations.
The IFSSH magazine interviews Dr Piñal about his article on reconstructive surgery for extreme thumb losses for ‘Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery’
The work of the Spanish surgeon was distinguished last year with the PRS Best Paper Award for the best article in the hand category.
Extreme Thumb Losses: Reconstructive Strategies
Francisco del Piñal, M.D., Dr. Med. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 144(3):665-677, September 2019 – Copyright © 2019 American Society of Plastic Surgeons. ABSTRACT (full text pdf. below) Extreme Thumb Losses: Reconstructive Strategies Background Historically, complex amputations of the thumb have been managed in two stages and often require additional soft-tissue and tendon transfer for successful outcomes. This […]
Catastrophic hand (IV). Success stories in amputations, crushings, etc.
With success rates above 95% in his interventions, Dr. Piñal is considered one of the world’s upper limb best surgeons. A trajectory built, among other medical fields, on the definition of a landmark theoretical-practical framework in the clinical approach of cases of catastrophic hand, drawn from the development and application of techniques in microsurgery that […]