Del Piñal participates in the lecturer panel of a course on wrist disorders at the Mayo Clinic
This training is integrated into the program of the Mayo School of Continuous Professional Development
Del Piñal guest of honor at the 11th International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association
The meeting will gather more than twelve thousand practitioners from around the world at Beijing’s old Olympic press center next November.
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.
The clinic of Dr. Del Piñal opens new premises in Madrid at Hospital La Luz
Medical consultations and surgery procedures will be performed at the facilities of Grupo Quirón near Madrid University town
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 […]
Santander will host 1,500 physicians from around the world during the 21st edition of the Congress of the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand
This meeting will be held in the capital of the Spanish región of Cantabria between 22 and 25 June, with Dr. Francisco del Piñal as chairman
Scaphoid pseudarthrosis: bone graft using microsurgery
Bones non unions due to unfused fractures may result in pseudarthrosis pictures if they are not treated in time. In the upper limb, scaphoid fractures are at risk of becoming scaphoid pseudarthrosis, with the possibility of ending up in a surgical fixation of the wrist, and the corresponding loss of mobility and function, if not addressed appropriately. […]
Calcaneal osteomyelitis: bone cleaning and vascularized fibular graft
In this case of calcaneal osteomyelitis, the patient, male, 48, comes to the clinic of Dr. Del Piñal after being previously operated in six occasions. After suffering a calcaneal fracture in a fall, the affected area developped an infectious process that was going to be addressed with the amputation of the limb, in absence of […]
Radius fractures in both wrists: surgery for articular malunion
The patient, a man of 48, suffers malunion of radius fractures in both wrists by accident-related trauma.
Dr. Del Piñal takes part in a meeting with specialists in the Russian city of St. Petersburg
The Spanish surgeon addressed various scientific and technical aspect of some of his main areas of expertise. Dr. Francisco del Pinal held a meeting in the Russian city of St. Petersburg last week, where he discussed with several Russian specialists the state of the art in some of his areas of expertise. Del Piñal went to […]