Microsurgical replantation of right forearm after accidental amputation at work
The patient, male, 28, suffers the traumatic amputation of part of his right arm in an accident at work. An industrial plastic cutting machine severs his upper limb above the forearm. He is transferred in helicopter from the site of the accident (Vizcaya) to Clínica Mompía, what allows going into the operating room less than […]
Santander hosts the 16th edition of the Congress of the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand
This meeting, chaired by Dr. Francisco del Piñal, brings together 1,600 specialists upper limb from around the world
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
Del Piñal, keynote speaker at the 8th Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery taking place in Mumbai
The capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra hosts from tomorrow until Sunday the world’s largest event on reconstructive surgery The Spanish surgeon Francisco del Piñal will take part tomorrow, as keynote speaker, at the 8th Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. The meeting, the most important global event on this cutting-edge […]
Del Piñal takes part in the conference ‘Challenges and Controversies in Hand Surgery’, held in London
The Spanish surgeon was among the international speakers at this event organized by the Anglia Ruskin University and the Saint Andrews Center for Plastic Surgery London hosted last 7th and 8th November the medical meeting ‘Challenges and Controversies in Hand Surgery’, promoted by the Anglia Ruskin University and St Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery, with […]
Del Piñal will take part in the 69th annual meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Spanish surgeon will also participate in a session of the International Workshop Wrist Investigation Dr. Francisco del Piñal has been invited to the 69th annual meeting of the prestigious American Society for Surgery of the Hand (AASH), which celebrates this event in Boston (Massachusetts, USA) during the next 18th,19th and 20th, September. Del Piñal […]
Del Piñal, speaker at the 12th Congress of the European Federation of Societies for Microsurgery
The Spanish surgeon took part in the symposia dedicated to bone reconstruction and toe to hand transplantation Dr. del Pinal was part of the international group of speakers of the European Federation of Societies for Microsurgery 12th Congress (EFSM), held in Barcelona from 3 to 5 April. The Spanish surgeon contributed with individual presentations at […]
The catastrophic hand (II). The physician perspective: ‘save what can be saved’, calm and collaboration
In ‘The catastrophic hand (I). The patient experience: hopes, plans and microsurgery’, we talk with Dr. Del Piñal on the characteristics and surgical and psychological challenges posed by transforming a catastrophic hand in one acceptable. A perspective that put the focus on the surgeon-patient relationship. In this second post about it, we change our approach […]