An Update on the Management of Severe Crush Injury to the Forearm and Hand

Francisco del Piñal, MD, Dr. Med. Clinics in Plastic Surgery Vol. 47, Issue 4, October, Pages 461-489 – © 2020 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ABSTRACT (full text pdf. below) An Update on the Management of Severe Crush Injury to the Forearm and Hand Summary Crush injuries rate among the most feared injuries for hand surgeons. Stiffness, […]
‘Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery’ awards an article by Dr Piñal as the best of 2019 in plastic and reconstructive surgery of the hand

The PRS Best Papers Awards 2020 distinguish the best articles published in the official journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in different categories
Dr. Piñal will address reflex sympathetic dystrophy or complex regional pain syndrome at the 75th edition of the congress of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Piñal will participate once again in this annual meeting as invited international speaker
Dr. Piñal, guest speaker at an international webinar of the Indian Orthopaedic Association

The Spanish surgeon analyzed the secondary instabilities in acute injuries and ulnar fractures
Vascularized neurocutaneous flap in case of Dupuytren

Vascularized neurocutaneous free flaps in Dupuytren cases may be the best option when the affected hand bed is poor, the defect is long or there is a loss of concomitant tissue, variables typical of cases with previous surgery. This is the starting situation of the patient under analysis, a 53-year-old male with an advanced Dupuytren’s […]
From amputation to mobility: neurocutaneous flap transfer in Dupuytren’s contracture

The patient, a 70-year-old man, presents a picture of Dupuytren’s disease in the ring and little fingers of his left hand, which are contractured in flexion (Dupuytren’s contracture) causing a serious functional limitation.
Surgery in multifragmented distal radius fracture

The patient, a 42 firefighter, suffers a right distal radius volar shearing fracture (that is, a break that occurs in a bone when subjected to two forces in parallel and opposite direction) in a motorcycle accident. Trauma affects both the metaphysis, which supports the articular surface, and the joint itself. distal radius fracture
Testimonial: “It felt like a wooden hand and full of pain”

Pilar (Madrid), 70, comes to Piñal y Asociados clinic in Madrid with a diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy, after an operation on a trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis: «It felt like a wooden hand and full of pain».
Dr. Piñal participates as a lecturer in the teaching program of the Pulvertaft Hand Center, United Kingdom

The Spanish surgeon will address treatment and surgery in cases of catastrophic hand
Dr. Piñal, visiting professor at an online seminar on microsurgery of San Francisco’s Buncke Clinic

Residents and faculty of the medical schools of Stanford and California-San Francisco universities will take part in the meeting