François Calot
Jean-François Calot (1861-1944) was a French surgeon.
Calot’s main interest was in orthopaedics, particularly traumatic war wounds and tuberculous disease of the spine.
Calot wrote several orthopaedic books and founded his own institute of orthopaedics in Bercksur- Mer. Eponymously associated with Calot’s Triangle (cystohepatic triangle) (1890)
Biography
- Born on May 17, 1861 at Arrens, France
- Graduated medicine, University of Paris
- 1890-1941 Surgeon at the Hôpital Rotschild in Berck-sur-Mer
- Died 1 March 1944
Medical Eponyms
Calot’s Triangle (cystohepatic triangle) (1890)
Anatomical landmark of special value in cholecystectomy. First described by Calot as an “isosceles” triangle in his doctoral thesis in 1890.
Original
English
Le triangle n’est pas exactement equilateral, mais plutôt isocèle, les deux côtés supérieur et inférieur, représentés par I’artère et le conduit cystique, étant seuls égaux, et un peu plus longs que la partie du canal hépatique qui entre dans la constitution du triangle. L’artère hépatique est située en avant et en dedans du canal hépatique. La branche droite de I’artère, la plus volumineuse, entre assez souvent (1/3 des cas) dans la formation du bord supérieur du triangle, pour une longueur de trois a 4mm millimetres; elle rampe ensuite au-dessus de I’artère cystique, en suivant dans la première partie du trajet une disposition presque parallèle a celle-ci, disposition qui est indiquée sur le dessin.
The triangle is not exactly equilateral, but rather isosceles, the two upper and lower sides, represented by the artery and the cystic duct, being only equal, and a little longer than the part of the hepatic duct which enters into the constitution of the triangle. The hepatic artery is located in front of and inside the hepatic duct. The right branch of the artery, the most voluminous, enters quite often (1/3 of the cases) in the formation of the upper edge of the triangle, for a length of three to 4mm millimeters; it then crawls above the cystic artery, following in the first part of the path an arrangement almost parallel to it, arrangement which is indicated on the drawing.
Boundaries
Also known as the cystohepatic triangle, the modern boundary definitions of Calot’s triangle vary from the original description and contains three sides:
- Common hepatic duct
- Cystic duct
- Visceral (inferior) surface of the liver
Content of Calot’s triangle
- Right hepatic artery: formed by the bifurcation of the common hepatic artery into right and left branches.
- Cystic artery: typically arises from the right hepatic artery and traverses the triangle to supply the gall bladder.
- Cystic node: drains lymphatic channels from the gallbladder
Clinical significance in cholecystectomy
- The cystic artery arises from the right hepatic artery in Calot’s triangle in 75% of the population
- Variations in the origin and course of the cystic artery occur in 25% of people
Major Publications
- Calot F. De la cholécystectomie (Ablation de la vésicule biliaire). Thèse de médecine de Paris n° 52 1890
- Calot F. Le traitement de la coxalgie. 1895
- Calot F. Les maladies qu’on soigne à Berck: abcès froids, adénites, ostéites, tumeurs blanches, coxalgie, mal de pott, scoliose, luxation congénitale de la hanche, pied bot, etc 1900
- Calot F. Technique du traitement de la coxalgie. 1904
- Calot F. Technique du traitement de la luxation congénitale de la hanche. 1905
- Calot F. Traitement rationnel du mal de Pott à l’usage des praticiens. 1906
- Calot F. Technique du traitement des tumeurs blanches. 1906
- Calot F. L’orthopédie indispensable aux praticiens. 1909
- Calot F. Indispensable orthopaedics, a handbook for practitioners. 1916 [Volume II] [Translation of L’orthopédie indispensable by Robinson AH, Nicole L. ]
- Calot F. Orthopedie et chirurgie de guerre (et physiotherapie). 1917
References
Biography
- Bibliography. François Calot. World Cat Identities
Eponymous terms
- Way LW, Stewart L, Gantert W, et al. Causes and prevention of laparoscopic bile duct injuries: analysis of 252 cases from a human factors and cognitive psychology perspective. Ann Surg. 2003; 237(4): 460‐469.
- Singh K, Ohri A. Anatomic landmarks: their usefulness in safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 2006; 20(11): 1754‐1758.
- Abdalla S, Pierre S, Ellis H. Calot’s triangle. Clin Anat. 2013; 26(4): 493‐501.
Eponym
the person behind the name
