Media, TVCYL: Dr Piñal addresses in ‘Diagnóstico’ the microsurgical techniques in toe to hand transplants
The Spanish surgeon has performed more than 500 procedures of these characteristics, with a success rate over 99% of the cases. The informative program on medicine and health of Televisión Castilla y León (TVCYL), ‘Diagnóstico’, focused its last edition on amputations and microsurgical replantations. When it came to treating upper limb clinical pictures, the program […]
Toe to hand transplants: characteristics and case studies
Dr Francisco del Piñal is a world reference in the execution of toe to hand transplants. The Spanish surgeon has performed more than 500 microsurgical procedures of these characteristics, with a success rate over 99%, restoring function in their upper extremity to patients with different degrees of mutilations.
The IFSSH magazine interviews Dr Piñal about his article on reconstructive surgery for extreme thumb losses for ‘Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery’
The work of the Spanish surgeon was distinguished last year with the PRS Best Paper Award for the best article in the hand category.
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
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, […]
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 […]
Extensive interview with Dr. Piñal in the newspapers of Grupo Vocento on the occasion of his toe to hand transplant number 500
The paper media of Grupo Vocento (El Correo, Diario Montañés, Norte de Castilla, Ideal de Granada, La Verdad de Murcia, etc.) devoted an extensive interview to the Spanish surgeon Francisco Piñal last Wednesday. The main reason: his toe to hand transplant number 500, with a success rate of 99%.
Media, A3 TV: Dr. Piñal transplants two toes to the hand of a boy who suffered the explosion of a fireworks rocket
Borja, a 13-year-old from Cantabria, lost three fingers of his right hand due to the explosion of a fireworks rocket. Dr Piñal and his team have managed to restore its functionality by transferring two toes of the patient’s feet. toe transplant
Severe Crush Injury to the Forearm and Hand. The Role of Microsurgery
Francisco del Piñal, MD, PhDa, Esteban Urrutia, MD, Maciej Klich, MD Clinics in Plastic Surgery Vol. 40, Issue 4, April, Pages 233-255 – © 2016 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ABSTRACT (full text pdf. below) Severe Crush Injury to the Forearm and Hand. The Role of Microsurgery Summary Crush injuries rate among the most feared injuries for […]
Primary Thumb Reconstruction in a Mutilated Hand
Francisco del Piñal, MD, Dr Med, Davide Pennazzato, MD, Esteban Urrutia, MD Hand Clinics Vol. 32, Issue 4, November, Pages 519-531 – © 2016 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ABSTRACT (full text pdf. below) Introduction Without doubt, the most effective way of restoring the amputated thumb function is by replanting it. Any major effort is justifiable to do […]