Keynote talk by Dr. Francisco Piñal at the European Congress of Hand Surgery held in Italy
Organized by the European Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH), the European Congress of Hand Surgery was held in Rimini, Italy, from May 10th to 13th. Dr. Francisco Piñal, considered one of the world’s top experts in hand and wrist microsurgery, participated in the congress. This renowned specialist delivered the keynote lecture […]
Doctor Piñal invited to give the general orthopedics session at HSS in New York
On Thursday, April 13th, Dr. Francisco Piñal will be giving the general session on advances in chronic pain at the Hospital For Special Surgery (HSS), the number one hospital in the USA. For one hour, Dr. Piñal will be discussing advances in understanding the causes of chronic limb pain and its surgical management. He has radically […]
Dr. Piñal invited to the American Congress of Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
This meeting took place from September 29 to October 1 in Boston and received the best hand surgery experts in the world. Under the title: “Back to the basics, practice and education, this has been the name given to the 77th meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (AASH)). Dr. Piñal addressed […]
Doctor Piñal operates on Rudy Fernández
The Eurobasket champion and Real Madrid player, Rudy Fernández, underwent surgery for an injury to his right wrist that was causing disabling pain Doctor Piñal, who saw him in consultation a few months ago, diagnosed him with an injury to the ulnar tendon and a partial injury to the articular meniscus of the wrist. The […]
Dr. Francisco Piñal participates in the prestigious Lyon Wrist 2022
His participation focused on the treatment of Colles fractures and their sequelae Held at the Lyon Congress Center, France, on September 12 and 13, Dr. Piñal has participated in the prestigious course where the best doll specialists in the world meet. On this occasion, in his speech he addressed the wrist fracture and arthroscopy. Francisco […]
Surgical improvement in case of spastic hand
The patient, Alan, 30 years old, suffers from spastic paralysis in his right hand, after a motorcycle accident in which he sustained a head injury with neurological damage. Specifically, he presents function problems in the limb and, in particular, the muscles that determine thumb mobility are in hyperreflexia, that is, continuously contracting (co-contraction), which prevents […]
Triangular fibrocartilage rupture and ulnar styloid fracture: dry arthroscopy surgery
The patient, 19, presents instability in the left wrist and pain at its ulnar edge. The symptoms, which limit its functionality, appear after a second injury (he had suffered a previous wrist fracture in childhood) and have their origin in a pseudoarthrosis of the ulnar styloid and the rupture of the insertion of the triangular […]
Dr. Piñal, guest speaker at the International Conference of the Egyptian Society for Surgery of the Hand and Microsurgery
The Spanish surgeon addressed various aspects of wrist surgery and the latest developments in thumb reconstruction during the two days of the meeting.
Dr Piñal, international keynote speaker at the congress of the Australian Hand Surgery Society
The Spanish surgeon will address the latest advances in arthroscopic surgery, treatment of nerve injuries or reconstructive microsurgery among other issues.
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