Jean-René Sigault (born 1738) was a French surgeon.
Born in
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
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, he studied medicine at
Angers and was interested in the obstetrics and operation of the
pubic symphysis that Severin Pineau proposed in 1597. He defended his thesis on this subject in 1773 under the title ''An in partu contra natura sectio symphyseos ossium pubis sectione caesarea promptior et tutior''.
Having settled in Paris, he made his first successful
symphysiotomy
Symphysiotomy is an outdated surgical procedure in which the cartilage of the pubic symphysis is divided to widen the pelvis allowing childbirth when there is a mechanical problem. It is also known as pelviotomy, synchondrotomy.
Introduction
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in 1777. The Faculty of Medicine of Paris ordered his thesis printed and a medal was struck in his honor.
[M. Dumont, ''La Longue et Laborieuse Naissance de la symphyséotomie ou de Séverin Pineau à Jean-René Sigault'', ''J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod'', 1989, ch. 18, p. 11-21.]
References
1738 births
French surgeons
Physicians from Dijon
Year of death missing
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