Henri Victor Chaput
Victor Alexandre Henri Chaput (1857-1919) was a French Surgeon.
Proponent of lumbar anaesthetics using stovaine (epidural anaesthesia) in place of general anaesthesia for many surgical operations. At the forefront of surgical aseptic techniques advocating the use of sterile rubber gloves (Les gants de Chaput) during operations (1899)
French surgeon specialising in intestinal surgery. Eponymously affiliated with Tillaux-Chaput fracture (1907)
Biography
- Born on November 17, 1857
- 1885 – Medical doctorate, Paris. Thesis ‘Des fractures anciennes de la rotule‘
- 1888 – Surgeon at Hôpitaux Broussais, Boucicaut
- Died 1919
Medical Eponyms
Tillaux-Chaput fracture (1907)
Fracture of the anterolateral tibial epiphysis commonly seen in adolescents. (Salter-Harris III tibial fracture). Usually associated with forced lateral rotation of the foot or medial rotation of the leg on a fixed foot. This rotational injury results in avulsion of the anterior tibiofibular ligament at the lateral epiphysis. Often misdiagnosed as a simple sprain in adolescents.
Chaput was the first to demonstrate a roentgenogram of a fracture in the dorsal lip of the tibia. He suggested that it was frequently observed as a complication of malleolar fractures. [Les fractures malléolaires du cou-de-pied et les accidents du travail – 1907]. He subsequently he observed it 42 times in 136 fractures of the ankle. [De la reduction des fractures malléolaires compliquées de luxation du pied – 1913]
Chaput tubercle
Insertion site of anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament (AITFL) on the anterolateral portion of the tibia
Les gants de Chaput – surgical gloves impermeable and autoclave sterilizable (designed by Terrilon 1899). Presented to surgical society 1901. Designed to enhance aseptic technique rather than the gloves presented by Halstead which were primarily for dermal protection
Major Publications
- Terrillon O, Chaput H. Asepsie et antisepsie chirurgicales. [Surgical asepsis and antisepsis.] Paris: Octave Doin 1893
- Chaput H. Des fractures anciennes de la rotule: anatomie et physiologie pathologiques pronostic et traitement. Theses 1885-1886. No. 14.
- Chaput H. Thérapeutique chirurgicale des affections de l’intestin, du rectum et péritoine. 1896
- Chaput H. Traitement du cancer du rectum. 1901
- Chaput H. Les gants de caoutchouc créés en 1899. La Presse Médicale 1906; 24 : 189-190
- Chaput H. Les fractures malléolaires du cou-de-pied et les accidents du travail. [Malleolar instep fractures and occupational injuries] Paris, Masson. 1907
- Chaput H. De la reduction des fractures malléolaires compliquées de luxation du pied. Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société de Chirurgie de Paris. 1913; 39: 656-663
References
Biography
- Bibliography. Chaput, Henri 1857-1919. WorldCat Identities
Eponymous terms
- Germain MA. L’épopée des gants chirurgicaux [The advent of surgical gloves]. Annales de chirurgie Volume 128, n° 7 pages 475-480 (septembre 2003)
- Eponymythology: Eponymous Foot, ankle and talus injuries. LITFL
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