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
Spanish Public Television (TVE): Dr Piñal restores by microsurgery the hands of a patient which were trapped by electric blinds
Patient, young woman, domestic accident when her hands got trapped by electric blinds. After more than twelve hours in the operating room, Dr Piñal and his surgical unit managed to restore functionality of the patient’s upper limbs through a combination of reconstructive microsurgery techniques (following video with english subtitles). As reported in the story by Verónica […]
Tendon transfer in case of nerve injury by hand crushing with muscle extrusion
Young male with a picture of nerve injuries from accidental hand crush, caught in a press and in a catastrophic situation. The limb has complete cuts at two levels in the wrist, which slice the nervous, musculotendinous and vascular systems. In turn, loss of muscle by extrusion is present. Tendon transfer The problem A context […]
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 […]
Dr. Del Piñal, guest speaker at the XXIVth Portuguese Congress of Hand Surgery
This medical meeting will take place in Peniche on 23rd and 24th September
The catastrophic hand (III): Possibilities of microsurgery for patients with serious injuries
There is no narrow definition of catastrophic hand, but with these couple of terms we describe an upper limb with limited functionality, bone malunions and aesthetical damages (mutilations and amputations, for example) after severe trauma.
Del Piñal presents in the US his latest techniques for the catastrophic hand
The Spanish surgeon has participated as a guest speaker at the 70th edition of the annual meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, held in Seattle. Dr Francisco Del Piñal took part last week in Seattle (Washington State, USA) at the 70th meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand […]
Dr. Del Piñal guest speaker at the 70th annual meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Washington State Convention Center in Seattle will host the event from 10th to 12th September The American Society for Surgery of the Hand (AASH) will hold next September in Seattle the seventieth edition of its annual meeting, with Dr. Del Piñal as guest speaker. The event, expected to have around 2,400 participants, will be organized at the Washington State […]