Jules Germain Francois Maisonneuve (10 December 1809 – 9 April 1897) was a French

surgeon In medicine, a surgeon is a medical doctor who performs surgery. Even though there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon is a licensed physician and received the same medical training as physicians before spec ...

and student of

Guillaume Dupuytren Guillaume Dupuytren, Baron Dupuytren (, , ; 5 October 1777 – 8 February 1835) was a French anatomist and military surgeon. Although he gained much esteem for treating Napoleon Bonaparte's hemorrhoids he is best known today for his description ...

. Maisonneuve is notable as the first surgeon to explain the role of

external rotation Motion, the process of movement, is described using specific anatomical terms. Motion includes movement of organs, joints, limbs, and specific sections of the body. The terminology used describes this motion according to its direction relative ...

in the production of

ankle The ankle, the talocrural region or the jumping bone (informal) is the area where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle includes three joints: the ankle joint proper or talocrural joint, the subtalar joint, and the inferior tibiofibular joint. The ...

fractures. The eponymously named

Maisonneuve fracture The Maisonneuve fracture is a spiral fracture of the proximal third of the fibula associated with a tear of the distal Inferior tibiofibular joint, tibiofibular syndesmosis and the interosseous membrane of the leg, interosseous membrane. There is ...

describes a specific

fibular The fibula (: fibulae or fibulas) or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones. ...

fracture.

References

* Wilson, F. C. (2000). Fractures of the ankle: pathogenesis and treatment.
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Publications

* Maisonneuve, J. G. (1840). ''Recherches sur la fracture du péroné''. Paris. France: Loquin & Cie. * Maisonneuve, Jules and Cunasc, Laurent (1847). ''La Société nationale de Chirurgie, ses travaux et ses membres''. Th. Bonet. Paris. French surgeons 1809 births 1897 deaths {{France-med-bio-stub