From amputation to mobility: neurocutaneous flap transfer in Dupuytren’s contracture
The patient, a 70-year-old man, presents a picture of Dupuytren’s disease in the ring and little fingers of his left hand, which are contractured in flexion (Dupuytren’s contracture) causing a serious functional limitation.
The British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) honors Dr Piñal for his medical career
The award acknowledges the contributions made by the Cantabrian surgeon in the fields of hand surgery and microsurgery.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery publishes Dr. Piñal’s work in reconstructive surgery for extreme thumb losses
The magazine of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons is the international benchmark in advances in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Piñal, speaker at the congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery held in Bologna
The Palazzo della Cultura e dei Congressi of the Italian city of Bologna hosted last week the tenth congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM),
Extensive interview with Dr. Piñal in the newspapers of Grupo Vocento on the occasion of his toe to hand transplant number 500
The paper media of Grupo Vocento (El Correo, Diario Montañés, Norte de Castilla, Ideal de Granada, La Verdad de Murcia, etc.) devoted an extensive interview to the Spanish surgeon Francisco Piñal last Wednesday.
Dr Bartolomé Beltrán interviews the Spanish surgeon Francisco Piñal in La Sexta’s program “What’s wrong Dr?”
Beltrán and Piñal address various aspects of upper limb surgery such as wrist fractures, reconstructive microsurgery or Sudeck’s syndrome for around half an hour.
Dr. Piñal, international guest speaker at the congresses of the American and Indian societies for hand surgery
The Spanish surgeon will discuss the latest advances in his areas of specialization in the cities of Boston (USA) and Coimbatore (India).
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,
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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