On this occasion, his participation was focused on pain, specifically on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s dystrophy.

Held in London on Monday, July 11, the Cantabrian surgeon addressed the management of severe complex pain in the hand and wrist and discussed the value of CRPS as a clinical diagnosis.

Francisco Piñal is considered one of the best surgeons in the world, thanks to the design and implementation of new techniques and innovative clinical approaches applied, to date, on an international scale.

On this occasion, his participation was focused on pain, specifically on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy or Sudeck’s dystrophy, with the presentation ‘Does CRPS exist?’

This presentation was part of the session ‘Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – current perspectives,’ which aims to improve the understanding of different conditions considered as complex regional pain syndrome and the subset of them that is amenable to surgical treatment.

The Pulvertaft Hand Centre is affiliated with the Royal Derby Hospital in Derby, United Kingdom, and has a long history of treating hand and wrist pathologies. It is named after Dr. Guy Pulvertaft (1907-1986), a prestigious surgeon and the first president of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand and the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH).

His first participation in the webinar held in May 2020 addressed the clinical approach and surgical solutions for catastrophic hand conditions, as he is an international reference in managing such medical profiles through microsurgery.