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 […]

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

Dr Piñal addresses Sudeck’s atrophy or reflex sympathetic dystrophy at the congress of the Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand

The twelfth edition of this meeting brought together several thousand physicians in the Australian city of Melbourne. Melbourne hosted last week the 12th edition of the Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (APFSSH) triennial congress. The Spanish surgeon Francisco del Piñal was part of the international cast of guest speakers and […]