Triangular fibrocartilage injury: surgery on posterior tear
The triangular fibrocartilage is in the ulnar side of the wrist and is a major cause of pain in the area. This diagnostic label can include up to 60 different pathologies in just one square centimeter of body surface (1). A tear in the fibrocartilage, which may appear in many forms, is one of the most […]
Dr. Del Piñal in the list of foreign lecturers of the 4th Nordic Wrist Arthroscopy Course
This technical training event took place in Copenhagen last 2nd and 3rd December
87th annual meeting of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association: Del Piñal, guest professor in one of the largest medical events in Asia
The city of Kobe will host the 87th annual meeting of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association , in which will participate, according to the organizers, more than 10,000 worldwide physicians under the theme ‘ Dreams Come True: the soul and spirit of Orthopaedics.
Dr. Del Piñal: “If no hope is given to someone with a radius fracture, we are before lack of knowledge or just malpractice”
Las fracturas de radio o fracturas de Colles se producen de forma muy común, y –por desgracia- en demasiadas ocasiones son abordadas incorrectamente. De forma tradicional se han considerado lesiones de muñeca de buen pronóstico, lo que genera excesos de confianza que desembocan en diagnosis y tratamientos inadecuados.
Del Piñal takes part in the conference ‘Challenges and Controversies in Hand Surgery’, held in London
The Spanish surgeon was among the international speakers at this event organized by the Anglia Ruskin University and the Saint Andrews Center for Plastic Surgery London hosted last 7th and 8th November the medical meeting ‘Challenges and Controversies in Hand Surgery’, promoted by the Anglia Ruskin University and St Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery, with […]
Israeli judo star Or Sasson, bronze medal at Zagreb Grand Prix, following his serious wrist injury treated by Dr. Del Piñal
The Spanish surgeon operated in 2013 a ligamental injury on the twice European open champion Israeli judoka Or Sasson won the bronze medal at the IJF Judo Grand Prix in Zagreb last September 14th, in the category of +100 kgr. This new achievement of Sasson comes less than a year after completing the recovery from […]
Del Piñal will take part in the 69th annual meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Spanish surgeon will also participate in a session of the International Workshop Wrist Investigation Dr. Francisco del Piñal has been invited to the 69th annual meeting of the prestigious American Society for Surgery of the Hand (AASH), which celebrates this event in Boston (Massachusetts, USA) during the next 18th,19th and 20th, September. Del Piñal […]
The Spanish Surgeon Francisco del Piñal invited to Louisville as the Harold E. Kleinert and Joseph E. Kutz Visiting Professor in Hand and Microsurgery 2014
Del Piñal, former fellow of the Christine M. Kleinert Institute Hand Surgery Fellowship, will occupy this Fall the honorific post for outstanding alumni After proudly accepting the invitation of the Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center, Dr. Francisco del Piñal will become this Fall the 19th Harold E. Kleinert and Joseph E. Kutz Visiting Professor in […]
Del Piñal gives the master lecture at the conference ‘Distal radius fractures and associated injuries’, organized by the San Carlos Clinical Hospital in Madrid
The Spanish surgeon addressed the use of arthroscopy in distal radius fractures and related lesions The San Carlos Clinical Hospital (Madrid) hosted last February 21st the conference ‘Distal radius fractures and associated injuries’, promoted by its Hand Surgery Unit, under the direction of Dr. M ª Dolores Gimeno. Within the program of this training course […]
Del Piñal, guest speaker at a meeting on hand surgery organized by the University Hospital of Munich
The Spanish surgeon spoke about arthroscopic treatment of complex distal radius fractures The German city of Munich hosted last November 16th the first edition of ‘Munich Hand’, which aims to provide a platform for knowledge transfer for therapists and hand surgeons in the länder of Bavaria. In this context, Dr. Del Piñal was the only […]