In his central keynote, the Spanish surgeon addressed the transformation of hand surgery from its classical stage till present Dr Piñal
Last weekend the Linkou Chang Gung Memorial hosted the 15th edition of the congress of the Taiwan Society for Surgery of the Hand, with the leitmotiv ‘Reaching out the perfection in hand surgery’. Dr Francisco del Piñal, international speaker of honor, gave the central conference of the meeting in which he analyzed the evolution of hand surgery from its classical stage till present. Dr Piñal
Titled ‘Major hand trauma, from classics to microsurgery and arthroscopy’, Piñal reviewed various techniques and clinical contexts. Among them, the treatment and reconstruction of the catastrophic hand, in which his results and innovations are global benchmarks.
Besides, Dr Piñal partook in several programme’s round tables devoted to tackle the wrist pain of ulnar and radial origin.
This edition of the congress of the Taiwanese society had also among its main analysis axes the reconstruction of the burned hand, the approach of lymphedema in the upper limb due to blockage or damage to the lymphatic system and wrist ulnar-radial pathologies.