Dr. Vicente Carratalá Baixauli

MD · Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology · Hand, Wrist, Elbow and Upper Limb Surgery. Quirónsalud Valencia Hospital
Clinical area
Locomotive System Department

Dr. Vicente Carratalá Baixauli is a specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology with a highly focused clinical and academic profile in hand, wrist, elbow and upper limb surgery. He is Head of Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma and Founder of INCOT at Quirónsalud Valencia, and Director/Coordinator of the Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Unit at INCOT - Hospital Quirónsalud Valencia.

As the Founder and Head of INCOT (Quirónsalud Valencia), he has established a premier centre of excellence for international patients in Spain. With over two decades of high-volume clinical expertise, he serves as a pivotal figure in the European surgical community, currently holding the Presidency of the 29th SECMA Congress and the position of Founding Board Member of the European Wrist Arthroscopy Society (EWA).

His practice is particularly focused on wrist arthroscopy, reconstructive surgery and minimally invasive treatment of complex hand, wrist and elbow conditions. His clinical activity includes advanced arthroscopic management of TFCC injuries, scapholunate instability, distal radioulnar joint instability, ulnocarpal pathology, wrist ganglia, post-traumatic wrist sequelae and elbow nerve entrapment conditions.

He has developed and disseminated arthroscopic techniques for TFCC and scapholunate ligament reconstruction and has contributed to anatomical and technical studies on novel wrist arthroscopy portals. His work combines high-volume clinical practice, surgical innovation, international teaching and academic leadership in wrist arthroscopy.

Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology - Hand, Wrist, Elbow and Upper Limb Surgery

  • Wrist arthroscopy and minimally invasive wrist surgery
  • Arthroscopic treatment of TFCC injuries and distal radioulnar joint instability
  • Arthroscopic treatment of scapholunate ligament injuries and carpal instability
  • Reconstructive surgery of the hand, wrist and elbow
  • Management of post-traumatic wrist pathology and sequelae of distal radius and carpal fractures
  • Endoscopic and minimally invasive treatment of selected elbow conditions, including cubital tunnel pathology
  • Complex hand, wrist and elbow pathology in national and international patients

Specialties treated:

TFCC lesions | Scapholunate ligament injuries | Carpal instability | Distal radioulnar joint instability | Ulnar-sided wrist pain | Wrist ganglia | Wrist arthroscopy | Hand and wrist trauma | Post-traumatic wrist sequelae | Elbow pathology | Cubital tunnel syndrome | Upper limb reconstructive surgery

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Professional experience

Current and recent positions

  • Present: Head of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology; Founder of INCOT - Instituto Carratalá de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Quirónsalud Valencia.
  • Present: Director/Coordinator of the Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Unit, INCOT - Hospital Quirónsalud Valencia.
  • Present: Associate Professor, Universidad Católica de Valencia.
  • 2025 - Present: Founding Board Member, European Wrist Arthroscopy Society (EWA).
  • April 2026: President of the 29th National Congress of the Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand (SECMA), Valencia.
  • 2024 - Present: Director, Advanced Wrist Arthroscopy Course, IRCAD Strasbourg, France.
  • 2019 - 2025: Editor-in-Chief, RICMA - Revista Iberoamericana de Cirugía de la Mano.
  • 2019 - 2025: Board Member, Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand (SECMA).
  • Present: Member of the Editorial Committee, Revista Española de Artroscopia y Cirugía Articular.
  • 2007 - 2017: Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Union de Mutuas, Hand, Wrist and Elbow Unit.

Course direction, faculty roles and institutional activity

  • 2016 - 2026: Director, Annual Practical Wrist Arthroscopy Course, Valencia.
  • 2016 - 2026: Director, "Current Concepts in Wrist Arthroscopic Surgery", Arthrolab Munich, Germany.
  • 2025 - 2026: International Faculty, ASSH Instructional Course in Wrist Arthroscopy, San Diego 2025 and Boston 2026.
  • 2025 - 2026: International Faculty, IWAS-ASSH Pre-Course, Vancouver 2025 and Boston 2026.
  • November 2025: Co-Director, Elbow Big Event, Madrid.
  • National Coordinator, Hand and Wrist Section, National Arthroscopy Training Plan (PNFA), Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA).
  • 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019: Director, "Arthrowrist" - Valencia Wrist Arthroscopy Symposium.
  • 2017: Co-Director, Surgical Skills Course: Reconstructive Elbow Surgery, Madrid.
  • 2016: Director, Practical Upper Limb Course, PNFA, Spanish Arthroscopy Association.
  • 2019: Director, Practical Elbow Surgery Course, Madrid.
  • Member of the Organising Committee, Shoulder Expert Forum Valencia.
  • Speaker in national and international courses and congresses focused on arthroscopy and hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery.
Membership in scientific societies
  • SECOT - Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
  • SECMA - Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • EWA - European Wrist Arthroscopy Society
  • AEA - Spanish Arthroscopy Association
  • SETLA - Spanish Society of Occupational Traumatology
  • SECHC - Spanish Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Society
  • IWAS - International Wrist Arthroscopy Society
  • ASSH - American Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • Corresponding Member, Mexican Association for Hand Surgery
Research and teaching
  • Author and co-author of multiple peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and technical articles in wrist arthroscopy, carpal instability, TFCC pathology, distal radioulnar joint instability and upper limb arthroscopy.
  • Published in leading specialty journals including Journal of Wrist Surgery, Arthroscopy Techniques, Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery, Revista Española de Artroscopia y Cirugía Articular and Revista Iberoamericana de Cirugía de la Mano.
  • Contributor to major international surgical textbooks, including Springer volumes on carpal instability and arthroscopy/endoscopy of the hand, wrist and elbow.
  • Developer and international educator of advanced arthroscopic techniques for TFCC and scapholunate ligament injuries.
  • Co-author of anatomical and technical studies describing novel wrist arthroscopy portals.

Selected publications and book chapters

  • Chung SR, Carratalá V, Delgado PJ, Kalapos R, Kakar S. Arthroscopic Suture Anchor Scapholunate Capsulodesis. J Wrist Surg. 2024;14(4):302-313.
  • Carratalá V, Lucas FJ. Acute SL Instability: Arthroscopic Treatment. In: Yao J. (ed.) Carpal Instability. Springer, 2024.
  • Lucas FJ, Carratalá V, Miranda I, Pombo Alonso S. The Medial Triquetrohamate Portal: A New Portal in Wrist Arthroscopy. Anatomical Study. J Wrist Surg. 2023;13(2):176-180.
  • Carratalá V, Lucas FJ, Miranda I, Martínez C, Guisasola E. All-Arthroscopic Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Ligamentoplasty: Technique and Results. J Wrist Surg. 2022;12(2):104-112.
  • Atzei A, Carratalá V. Ulnocarpal Arthroscopy and Distal Radioulnar Arthroscopy. In: Lui T.H. (ed.) Arthroscopy and Endoscopy of the Hand, Wrist and Elbow. Springer, 2021.
  • Lucas FJ, Carratalá V, Miranda I, Martinez-Andrade C. The Volar Distal Radioulnar Portal in Wrist Arthroscopy: An Anatomical Study. J Wrist Surg. 2021;10(2):176-182.
  • Carratalá V, Lucas FJ, Miranda I, Prada A, Guisasola E, Miranda FJ. Arthroscopic Reinsertion of Acute Injuries of the Scapholunate Ligament: Technique and Results. J Wrist Surg. 2020;9:328-337.
  • Carratalá Baixauli V, Lucas García FJ, Martínez Andrade C, et al. All-Arthroscopic Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Ligamentoplasty for Chronic DRUJ Instability. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2019.
  • Carratalá V, Lucas FJ, Miranda I, Sánchez Alepuz E, González Jofré C. Arthroscopic Scapholunate Capsuloligamentous Repair. Arthrosc Tech. 2017;6(1).
  • Carratalá V, Lucas FJ, Alepuz ES, Guisasola E, Calero R. Arthroscopically Assisted Ligamentoplasty for Axial and Dorsal Reconstruction of the Scapholunate Ligament. Arthrosc Tech. 2016;5(2).

Teaching

  • Associate Professor, Universidad Católica de Valencia.
  • Director of advanced wrist arthroscopy courses in Strasbourg, Munich and Valencia.
  • International faculty member for ASSH and IWAS-ASSH courses in wrist arthroscopy.
  • National Coordinator of the Hand and Wrist Section of the PNFA / Spanish Arthroscopy Association.
  • Regular speaker and instructor at national and international congresses and practical courses on wrist arthroscopy and upper limb surgery.
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Medical education and specialist training

  • Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona. Class of 1994-2000.
  • Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology after residency at Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, 2002-2007.

International fellowships and observerships

  • 2014: Fellowship / Observership in Hand and Wrist Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, USA - Dr. Jeffrey Yao.
  • 2012: Fellowship / Observership in Upper Extremity Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, USA.
  • 2011-2013: Advanced Fellowship / Observership, Badia Hand to Shoulder Center, Miami, Florida, USA - Dr. Alejandro Badia.
  • 2010: Fellowship / Observership, The Hand Institute, Miami, Florida, USA - Dr. Jorge Orbay.
  • 2006: Fellowship in Arthroscopy and Sports Traumatology, Clínica del Pilar - ISAKOS Approved Teaching Center / Mutualidad de Futbolistas Federación Catalana, Barcelona - Dr. Ramón Cugat Bertomeu.
Languages for clinical practice
  • Spanish
  • English