Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)/CRPS/SUDECK does not exist

Francisco del Piñal, M.D., Dr. Med. IFSSH Ezine Vol. 9 Issue 3 No. 35 pp. 22-32. Edited by International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand ((IFSSH) (August 2019) INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS (full text pdf. below) Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)/CRPS/SUDECK does not exist This essay was prompted by a letter from Professor Mennen, Editor of Ezine, […]
Testimonial: «I was in terrible pain, but Dr. Piñal’s operation has revived me»

Mikaela Rebota (Pamplona), 70, is diagnosed with reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy after a radius fracture: «I was in terrible pain, but Dr. Piñal’s operation has revived me».
Testimonial: «After the intervention of Dr Piñal I’m coming back to my life again»

Eva Latorre (Tarragona), 40, presents a diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy after a carpal tunnel release intervention in her right hand: “after the intervention of Dr Piñal I’m coming back to my life again”.
Vascularized neurocutaneous flap transplant in case of reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Patient, 8 years old, suffers a partial amputation of the left thumb in accident. She attends the clinic of Piñal y Asociados 12 weeks after the trauma with a diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy. The problem Before being treated by the Spanish surgeon and his surgical unit, an attempt is made for […]
Testimonial: «It’s the first time in four years that I sleep five hours in a row»

Ana, Almansa (Albacete) goes to the clinic of Piñal y Asociados in Madrid with a diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy, after a previous failed intervention in her right hand: «it is the first time in four years that I sleep five hours in a row».
Dr. Piñal participates as guest speaker at the Big Hand Event 2019 in Utrecht

The Spanish surgeon took part in the sessions devoted to reflex sympathetic dystrophy and toe to hand transplantation Dr. Piñal was part of the list of foreign speakers of the Big Hand Event 2019 (BHE 2019), an annual meeting that addresses hand pathologies in a multidisciplinary way and which was hosted at the Jaarbeurs Convention Center, in the Dutch […]
Testimonial: “I was told that it was crazy to operate Sudeck’s atrophy but the result has been marvelous”

Felicidad, 47 (Cantabria), cook, suffered a work accident with radius fracture, which led to a diagnose of reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy: «I was told that it was crazy to operate Sudeck’s dystrophy, but the result has been marvelous»
Diagnosis reassessment and surgery: healing of a patient with Sudeck’s atrophy

Diana Feijoo, 40, was operated on the wrist last September. Since then she has developed a picture of severe pain, diagnosed as reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy. The patient, in turn, is polymedicated to try to mitigate symptoms that also include serious mobility difficulties in her left hand, disabling in the personal and work […]
Patient diagnosed with reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy: healing by means of diagnostic correction and surgery

The patient, Camelia, 46, who works as a cook, suffers from very intense pain, lack of function and numbness in her dominant hand, the left; all diagnosed as reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy. After several months, she attends the clinic of Dr. Piñal who cures her, after accurately identifying the pathology of origin and […]
Dr. Del Piñal at the 41st Argentine Congress of Hand Surgery as guest of honor

The Spanish surgeon gave several conferences and technical presentations during his stay at the Universidad Católica de Argentina