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Jaboulay's amputation
Also known as:
Jaboulay's operation
Associated persons:
Mathieu Jaboulay
Description:
Amputation of an entire leg together with the hip bone.
First performed successfully by Mathieu Jaboulay and the Swiss surgeon Charles Girard (1850-1916).
Bibliography:
- M. Jaboulay:
La désarticulation interilio-abdominale. Lyon médical, 1894, 75: 507-510.
Interilio-abdominal amputation first described.
- C. Girard:
Désarticulation de l'os iliaque pour sarcome.
Congrès française de Chirurgie, 1895, 9: 823-827.
First successful hind-quarter amputation.
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