Radius malunions: characteristics and surgical approach
The radius is a bone located on the outside of the forearm, parallel to the ulna, which forms the joint complex of the wrist together with it and the carpal bone group. Its functions include facilitating flexion-extension and pronation-supination movements of the hand (a turn that allows us to position the back and palm up […]
Gaya Bar wins the Israeli judo championship after her serious wrist injury intervened by Dr Piñal
The judoka Gaya Bar won the victory last June in the junior national championship (U-21) of Israel, one year after the intervention of Dr Piñal to treat a perilunate dislocation of her wrist.
Dr. Del Piñal, keynote speaker at the Spring Scientific Meeting of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Spanish surgeon presented the latest surgical advances in thumb reconstruction The Spanish surgeon Francisco del Piñal has been one of the keynote speakers at the Spring Scientific Meeting of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand, one of the most prestigious in the world. During the meeting, held in Newcastle last 1st and […]
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 […]