François Chopart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French surgeon
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About François Chopart
- François Chopart (20 October 1743 – 9 June 1795) was a French surgeon born in Paris. He was trained in medicine at the Hôtel-Dieu, Pitié and the Bicêtre hospitals.
- In 1771 he became a professor of practical surgery at the École pratique in Paris, and in 1782 succeeded Toussaint Bordenave (1728–1782) as chair of physiology. Chopart was a pioneer of urological surgery, putting emphasis on dealing with the urinary tract as a whole.
- In 1791/92 he published the two-volume Traité des maladies des voies urinaires.With Pierre-Joseph Desault (1744–1795), he was author of the surgical treatise Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent.
- There are three eponyms associated with the foot that are named after him: "Chopart's amputation": Separation of the forefoot at the midtarsal joint. "Chopart's fracture-dislocation": Dislocation of the foot through the talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints along with associated fractures. "Chopart's joint" or the transverse tarsal joint: Articulation between the hindfoot and the midfoot.In 1795 François Chopart died in Paris during a cholera epidemic.
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