The Chinese translation of Dr Piñal’s book ‘Atlas of distal radius fractures’ is a milestone in the Spanish traumatology medical literature
It’s an international benchmark work for the treatment and surgery of radius fractures, originally published by the prestigious German specialized publisher Thieme. ‘Atlas of distal radius fractures’
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.
Periosteal flap microsurgical transfer in case of humerus nonunion
The 20-year-old patient suffered an unconsolidated right humerus fracture with radial nerve injury one year before coming into contact with Dr. Piñal. Despite the modifications in the synthesis in two previous surgeries, the fracture had not been able to consolidate. On the contrary, in recent months the young woman had begun to suffer pain from […]
Dr Piñal successfully operates on Real Madrid player Lucas Cañizares for a fracture in his left hand
The Spanish surgeon used his technique of cannulated screws insertion to treat the injury.
A delegation from the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand makes a technical visit to Dr. Piñal
The four Japanese doctors took part in surgical procedures and examined the patient care model of the Spanish surgeon
Dr Piñal in the cast of keynote speakers of the congress of the Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand
The Spanish surgeon will participate in Melbourne in the 12th edition of this triennial meeting
Dr Piñal invited to the Winter Meeting of the Norwegian Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Spanish surgeon approached in Lillehammer the latest advances in hand surgery and reconstructive microsurgery of the upper limb.
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy: alternative diagnoses and surgical solution
In this post in his videoblog, Dr. Piñal analyzes reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s atrophy, proposing alternative scenarios both in the diagnosis and in the solutions to this pathology through surgery.
The British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) honors Dr Piñal for his medical career
The award acknowledges the contributions made by the Cantabrian surgeon in the fields of hand surgery and microsurgery.
Dr Piñal participates in Berlin at the Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand
The city of Berlin picked up the baton from Buenos Aires in hosting the Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH) last week. Under the slogan ‘Building bridges – together hand in hand’, this 14th edition of the most important meeting on upper limb surgery on a global scale […]