Salvage surgery in case of dorsal subluxation of the ulna
The patient starts from an ulna plus picture (that is, the ulna is longer than the radius at its distal ends) with ulnar pain, due to impaction of the ulnar head against the lunate bone of the right wrist. Before going to Dr Piñal, she had undergone an incorrectly executed arthroscopic Wafer procedure, in which […]
Dr Piñal, first Spanish surgeon elected as an honorary member of the Australian Hand Surgery Society
The distinction recognizes Piñal’s medical career and his close personal and professional ties with Australia. The Australian Hand Surgery Society (AHSS) has appointed Dr Francisco del Piñal as an honorary member. Piñal, a fellow in microsurgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital at the beginning of his career, is the first Spanish surgeon to receive this […]
Impaction syndrome: removal of ulnar pain by arthroscopic resection
The patient, 43, suffers from a combined ulnar impaction syndrome in his right wrist caused by the excess length of the ulna and ulnar styloid, which collide with the carpal area. More specifically, the head of the ulna surpasses the edge of the radius and impacts against the lunate bone and the styloid, bigger than […]
Dr Piñal, head of the hand surgery and microsurgery unit at Hospital Vithas Madrid La Milagrosa
The surgeon highlights his «commitment to technology and the highest care quality». La Milagrosa
Surgery in multifragmented distal radius fracture
The patient, a 42 firefighter, suffers a right distal radius volar shearing fracture (that is, a break that occurs in a bone when subjected to two forces in parallel and opposite direction) in a motorcycle accident. Trauma affects both the metaphysis, which supports the articular surface, and the joint itself. distal radius fracture
Dr. Piñal publishes a new book, devoted to the management of distal radius fractures and damage to the ligaments of the wrist
‘Distal radius fractures and carpal instabilities’ includes an up-to-date selection of techniques available for the treatment of these injuries. distal radius
Dr. Piñal participates in the US in the teaching panel of the triennial course on advances in wrist surgery of the Mayo Clinic
Under the title ‘Controversies in wrist surgery 2019’, the meeting counts on the collaboration of the European Wrist Arthroscopy Society (EWAS).
Dr Piñal participates as honor guest at the XVth Congress of the Taiwan Society for Surgery of the Hand
In his central keynote, the Spanish surgeon addressed the transformation of hand surgery from its classical stage till present Dr Piñal
Dr Piñal, guest of honor at the congress of the Taiwan Society for Surgery of the Hand
The meeting will take place this coming May at the Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Dr. Piñal, honorary professor of The Philadelphia Hand Center (US)
The Spanish surgeon received this distinction during the XIXth edition of the annual symposium on hand surgery by this American medical institution