Keynote talk by Dr. Francisco Piñal at the European Congress of Hand Surgery held in Italy
Organized by the European Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH), the European Congress of Hand Surgery was held in Rimini, Italy, from May 10th to 13th. Dr. Francisco Piñal, considered one of the world’s top experts in hand and wrist microsurgery, participated in the congress. This renowned specialist delivered the keynote lecture […]
Doctor Piñal invited to give the general orthopedics session at HSS in New York
On Thursday, April 13th, Dr. Francisco Piñal will be giving the general session on advances in chronic pain at the Hospital For Special Surgery (HSS), the number one hospital in the USA. For one hour, Dr. Piñal will be discussing advances in understanding the causes of chronic limb pain and its surgical management. He has radically […]
Dr. Piñal invited to the American Congress of Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
This meeting took place from September 29 to October 1 in Boston and received the best hand surgery experts in the world. Under the title: “Back to the basics, practice and education, this has been the name given to the 77th meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (AASH)). Dr. Piñal addressed […]
Doctor Piñal operates on Rudy Fernández
The Eurobasket champion and Real Madrid player, Rudy Fernández, underwent surgery for an injury to his right wrist that was causing disabling pain Doctor Piñal, who saw him in consultation a few months ago, diagnosed him with an injury to the ulnar tendon and a partial injury to the articular meniscus of the wrist. The […]
Dr. Francisco Piñal participates in the prestigious Lyon Wrist 2022
His participation focused on the treatment of Colles fractures and their sequelae Held at the Lyon Congress Center, France, on September 12 and 13, Dr. Piñal has participated in the prestigious course where the best doll specialists in the world meet. On this occasion, in his speech he addressed the wrist fracture and arthroscopy. Francisco […]
Dr Piñal participates in a webinar on the medical-social consequences of pyrotechnic accidents
The meeting, promoted by the Chilean organization COANIQUEM, is open to the participation of sociosanitary professionals from Latin America
Dr Piñal discusses thumb microsurgical reconstruction techniques for the Pulvertaft Hand Centre training program
The Spanish surgeon laid out his strategies for approaching complex thumb amputations in a single step. Dr. Piñal took part as a lecturer last Monday in the training program of the Pulvertaft Hand Centre (United Kingdom). During the fifty minutes of his presentation, he detailed the set of techniques of his strategy of thumb reconstruction […]
Dr Piñal, head of the hand surgery and microsurgery unit at Hospital Vithas Madrid La Milagrosa
The surgeon highlights his «commitment to technology and the highest care quality». La Milagrosa
Dr. Piñal sets the guidelines for the clinical management of severe crush injuries to the forearm and hand, not only in the acute phase but also in the sequels
In his latest article for Clinics in Plastic Surgery, the Spanish surgeon analyzes the impact of microsurgery in improving the prognosis of the most serious cases (catastrophic hand syndrome), and how to improve function in cases that are already in sequels phase. They can also benefit from reasoned surgery.
Elimination by microsurgery of pain in case of reflex sympathetic dystrophy in the lower limb
16-year-old girl with intense pain in her right foot. After two previous unsuccessful interventions, she was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) or reflex sympathetic dystrophy. The patient is polymedicated and suffers from severe functional difficulties.