On Thursday, April 13th, Dr. Francisco Piñal will be giving the general session on advances in chronic pain at the Hospital For Special Surgery (HSS), the number one hospital in the USA.

For one hour, Dr. Piñal will be discussing advances in understanding the causes of chronic limb pain and its surgical management. He has radically changed the approach to these conditions, and his conclusions have already been published in the world’s top scientific journals, including Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Journal of Hand Surgery.

On this occasion, he will be presenting new approaches to the treatment of chronic pain in the upper extremity that he also outlined in his keynote address at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) conference in Las Vegas.

Chronic pain is a health problem that affects millions of people worldwide. It is defined as a persistent pain sensation that lasts for more than three months and can be very disabling. Although there are many different causes of chronic pain, one of the most common is traumatic injury.

Despite advances in modern medicine, the treatment of chronic pain has been a challenge for medical professionals for many years. However, thanks to recent advances in research and technology, new treatment options are available for those suffering from chronic pain.

One of the most significant advances in traumatology has been the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques. These techniques allow surgeons to perform procedures with less pain, less bleeding, and faster recovery time than traditional surgical techniques. Minimally invasive surgery has proven to be particularly effective in the treatment of chronic pain.

Dr. Francisco del Piñal is considered to be one of the world’s leading hand surgeons. His contributions in fields such as microsurgical toe-to-hand transfer or arthroscopic surgery techniques in wrist fractures are endorsed and applied internationally.

He also does not recognise Sudeck’s dystrophy as a pathology per se, but a diagnostic formula that masks an unidentified origin of the patient’s real problems, which appear after surgery, such as a fracture, or an infectious process, among other preceding conditions.

Dr. Piñal will be giving the keynote address on this topic at the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH) conference in Rimini, Italy on May 11, 2023.