The catastrophic hand (II). The physician perspective: ‘save what can be saved’, calm and collaboration
In ‘The catastrophic hand (I). The patient experience: hopes, plans and microsurgery’, we talk with Dr. Del Piñal on the characteristics and surgical and psychological challenges posed by transforming a catastrophic hand in one acceptable. A perspective that put the focus on the surgeon-patient relationship. In this second post about it, we change our approach […]
Wrist fracture: “There is hope for all patients, even those with previous failed surgery”
Google translation: Wrist fractures are part of our own vital activity. For children and youth, these are high-energy fractures, ie, the trauma caused by traffic accidents, sports injuries, falls from heights, etc.. On the contrary, when the patient grows old, the wrist low-energy fracture mechanisms come into play, such as small ‘slips’ – and bone […]
Piñal gives the master conference on hand surgery at the National Congress of SECPRE
This nationwide scientific-medical meeting, in its 48th edition, took place from June 5 to 7 in the town of Arona, Tenerife (Canary Islands).
El Dr. Del Piñal ‘crea’ una nueva mano para un paciente amputado hasta la muñeca
El cirujano cántabro ha reconstruido la extremidad empleando una técnica pionera en el mundo, a partir de la transferencia de tres dedos del pie a la mano ‘recreada’ Del Piñal ha realizado una reconstrucción no anatómica con el objetivo de ‘generar’ un mano izquierda funcional donde apenas quedaba un muñón, tras el grave accidente laboral […]
Dr Del Piñal intervenes Manzanares of a broken ligament in his right thumb
The Spanish surgeon already operated on the bullfighter of an injury in his left hand, last November