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Dr. Francisco Piñal Appointed Member of the International Wrist Center

Dr. Francisco Piñal, an international leader in hand surgery, wrist surgery,

19 May, 2026 |

Dr. Francisco Piñal, new Head of the Hand and Wrist Surgery Department at Hospital Memorial Publio Cordón

The renowned surgeon specializing in microsurgery and hand pathology, Dr. Francisco del Piñal, has been appointed as the new Head of the Hand and Wrist Surgery Department at Hospital Memorial Publio Cordón,

21 April, 2026 |

Volkmann syndrome: causes, symptoms and surgery

Volkmann syndrome, also known as ischaemic forearm muscle retraction, is the consequence of a compartment syndrome that has not been adequately treated

What is Volkmann syndrome?

24 January, 2024 | cirugía de mano, Dr. Piñal, Francisco Piñal, microcirugía @en, músculo braquiorradial, músculos flexores, necrosis isquémica, nervio mediano, síndrome compartimental, síndrome de Volkmann, transferencia de músculo gracilis, trasplante autólogo |

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.

15 October, 2020 | amputation, compartimental syndrome, crush injury, Crush syndrome, Dr. Piñal, fingers surgery, forearm surgery, Francisco del Piñal, free flap, hand, hand revascularization, hand surgery, microsurgery, mutilation, toe to hand transplant |

Dry Wrist Arthroscopy for Radial-Sided Wrist Disorders

Sanjeev Kakar, MD, Marion Burnier, MD, Andrea Atzei, MD, P.C. Ho, MD, Guillaume Herzberg, MD, Francisco del Piñal, MD

Journal of Hand Surgery American Edition,

15 April, 2020 | distal radius fractures, dry arthroscopy, ligament injuries, osseous injuries, perilunate fracture-dislocation, scaphoid fractures, scaphoid malunions, trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis, wrist arthroscopy, wrist surgery |

Extreme Thumb Losses: Reconstructive Strategies

Francisco del Piñal, M.D., Dr. Med.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 144(3):665-677, September 2019 – Copyright © 2019 American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

10 September, 2019 | amputations, reconstructive microsurgery, reconstructive surgery, thumb losses, toe to hand transfer |

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.

15 August, 2019 | complex regional pain syndrome, CRPS, CRPS1, CRPS2, Dr. Piñal, Francisco del Piñal, hand surgery, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, RSD, Sudeck's atrophy, vasomotor changes, wrist surgery |

Effectiveness of an Arthroscopic Technique to Correct Supination Losses of 90º or More

Francisco del Piñal, MD, PhD, Eduardo Moraleda, MD, Jaime S. Rúas, MD, PhD, Ana Rodriguez-Vega, MD, Alexis Studer, MD

Journal of Hand Surgery American Edition Vol.

2 July, 2018 | distal radius fractures, pronosupination stiffness, Supination loss, wrist arthroscopy |

Neurocutaneous Toe Free Flap with Pulp

Francisco del Piñal, M.D., Dr. Med.

ASSH Surgical Anatomy: Flap Reconstruction chapter 43 313-320, 2018. Edited by Kevin C. Chung,

15 June, 2018 | artículo médico, cirugía @en, cirugía de dedos, cirugía de la mano, colgajo libre neurocutáneo, Dr. Piñal, fingers surgery, Francisco del Piñal, hand surgery, medical article, microcirugía @en, microcirugía reconstructiva @en, microsurgery, neurocutaneus toe free flap, surgery, ultramicrocirugía @en, ultramicrosurgery |

Arthroscopic Management of Intra-articular Malunion in Fractures of the Distal Radius

Francisco del Piñal, MD, PhD, James Clune, MD

Hand Clinics Volume 33, Issue 4, November 2017, pages 669-675 – Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc.

15 November, 2017 | arthroscopic arthrolysis, arthroscopic-assisted osteotomy, distal radius malunion, inside-out osteotomy, intra-articular malunion radius |