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Congenital hand differences: surgical answers to functional and aesthetic problems in children (II)

Second entry of Dr Piñal’s blog in his series dedicated to the formation problems of the upper limb in newborns: ‘Congenital hand differences: surgical answers to functional and aesthetic problems in children’ (II).

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Dr Piñal, guest of honor at the congress of the Taiwan Society for Surgery of the Hand

The meeting will take place this coming May at the Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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Spanish Public Television (TVE): Dr Piñal restores by microsurgery the hands of a patient which were trapped by electric blinds

Patient, young woman, domestic accident when her hands got trapped by electric blinds. After more than twelve hours in the operating room, Dr Piñal and his surgical unit managed to restore functionality of the patient’s upper limbs through a combination of reconstructive microsurgery techniques (following video with english subtitles).

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Media: Dr Piñal reconstructs the hand of a merchant sailor through a pioneering microsurgery intervention in Spain

Alejandro Mayo, a merchant sailor, lost his thumb and a third of his left hand in a work accident on board of a tuna vessel in Atlantic waters.

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Paralysis and nerve injuries: Tendon transfer for recovery of mobility in both hands in a patient with quadriplegia

Nerve lesions in their most severe manifestations can lead to paralysis, such as quadriplegia at different levels. These and other situations with nervous affection are approached by Dr.

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Tendon transfer in case of nerve injury by hand crushing with muscle extrusion

Young male with a picture of nerve injuries from accidental hand crush, caught in a press and in a catastrophic situation. The limb has complete cuts at two levels in the wrist,

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Dr. Piñal honoured for his medical career at the 55th Congress of the Italian Society for Surgery of the Hand

The Spanish surgeon gave the keynote speech of the meeting and took part in several technical sessions.

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Transfer of gracilis muscle in case of loss of forearm muscles in accident

Young patient, 17-year-old man, wrenched flexor muscles of the forearm due to a severe trauma in traffic accident, with tendon injuries and nerve damage.

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Dr. Piñal takes part in the 72nd annual meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand in San Francisco

The Spanish surgeon, one of the invited foreign speakers, addressed the latest techniques in reconstructive microsurgery and replantation.