Dr Piñal participates in a webinar on the medical-social consequences of pyrotechnic accidents
The meeting, promoted by the Chilean organization COANIQUEM, is open to the participation of sociosanitary professionals from Latin America
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 […]
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 […]
Dr. Piñal sets the guidelines for the clinical management of severe crush injuries to the forearm and hand, not only in the acute phase but also in the sequels
In his latest article for Clinics in Plastic Surgery, the Spanish surgeon analyzes the impact of microsurgery in improving the prognosis of the most serious cases (catastrophic hand syndrome), and how to improve function in cases that are already in sequels phase. They can also benefit from reasoned surgery.
Dr. Piñal participates as a lecturer in the teaching program of the Pulvertaft Hand Center, United Kingdom
The Spanish surgeon will address treatment and surgery in cases of catastrophic hand
Dr. Piñal, visiting professor at an online seminar on microsurgery of San Francisco’s Buncke Clinic
Residents and faculty of the medical schools of Stanford and California-San Francisco universities will take part in the meeting
Dr Piñal invited to the Winter Meeting of the Norwegian Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Spanish surgeon approached in Lillehammer the latest advances in hand surgery and reconstructive microsurgery of the upper limb.
Extensive interview with Dr. Piñal in the newspapers of Grupo Vocento on the occasion of his toe to hand transplant number 500
The paper media of Grupo Vocento (El Correo, Diario Montañés, Norte de Castilla, Ideal de Granada, La Verdad de Murcia, etc.) devoted an extensive interview to the Spanish surgeon Francisco Piñal last Wednesday. The main reason: his toe to hand transplant number 500, with a success rate of 99%.
Media, A3 TV: Dr. Piñal transplants two toes to the hand of a boy who suffered the explosion of a fireworks rocket
Borja, a 13-year-old from Cantabria, lost three fingers of his right hand due to the explosion of a fireworks rocket. Dr Piñal and his team have managed to restore its functionality by transferring two toes of the patient’s feet. toe transplant
The American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) invites Dr Piñal as international keynote speaker for its 2019 edition
This distinction was announced during this year’s ASSH meeting, held in Boston (USA) from September 13 to 15.