Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers (4 February 1808 – 5 July 1872) was a French surgeon who was a native of Paris. In 1837 he received his medical doctorate, and later was a professor of surgery and

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in Paris. Denonvilliers was a pioneer of facial reconstructive surgery. In 1856 he independently performed the second

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operation for treatment of lower lid

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, after

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in 1837. He is credited for providing the first description of the

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, which is sometimes called "Denonvilliers' fascia". Also, another name for the

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is "Denonvilliers' ligament". With Auguste Bérard (1802-1846) and Léon Athanase Gosselin (1815-1887), he was co-author of the three-volume ''Compendium de chirurgie pratique'' (1845-1861).Bibliography
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French surgeons 1808 births 1872 deaths French anatomists Scientists from Paris {{France-med-bio-stub