Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe
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Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe (17 December 1799 – 19 April 1867) was a French
surgeon
. He was born at Matignon
, studied medicine at Paris
, and in 1830 became surgeon at the Hôpital Saint-Louis
. He was elected to the Academy of Medicine
in 1840 and to the Academy of Sciences
in 1856.
Jobert was a brilliant and resourceful operator, best known for his masterly use of autoplastie, the repair of diseased parts by healthy neighboring tissue, and especially for the operation which he styled élitroplastie, an autoplastic cure of vaginal fistula. He wrote:
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
surgeon
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
. He was born at Matignon
Matignon
Matignon may refer to:* The Hôtel Matignon in Paris, France, the official residence of the French Prime Minister. .* Matignon, Côtes-d'Armor, a commune of the Côtes-d'Armor département in France.* Matignon High School, a...
, studied medicine at Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and in 1830 became surgeon at the Hôpital Saint-Louis
Hôpital Saint-Louis
Hôpital Saint-Louis is a hospital in Paris, France. It is part of the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris hospital system, and it is located at 1 avenue Claude-Vellefaux, in the 10th arrondissement, near the metro station: Goncourt.-External links:*...
. He was elected to the Academy of Medicine
Académie Nationale de Médecine
Académie Nationale de Médecine, or National Academy of Medicine was created in 1820 by king Louis XVIII at the urging of baron Antoine Portal. At its inception, the institution was known as the Académie Royale de Médecine...
in 1840 and to the Academy of Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research...
in 1856.
Jobert was a brilliant and resourceful operator, best known for his masterly use of autoplastie, the repair of diseased parts by healthy neighboring tissue, and especially for the operation which he styled élitroplastie, an autoplastic cure of vaginal fistula. He wrote:
- Traité théorique et pratique des maladies chirurgicales du canal intestinal (1829)
- Etudes sur le système nerveux (1838)
- Traité de chirurgie plastique (1849)
- De la réunion en chirurgie (1864)
Terms
- Jobert's fossa — the fossa in the popliteal region bounded above by the adductor magnusAdductor magnus muscleThe adductor magnus is a large triangular muscle, situated on the medial side of the thigh.It consists of two parts. The portion which arises from the ischiopubic ramus is called the "adductor portion", and the portion arising from the tuberosity of the ischium is called the "hamstring portion"...
and below by the gracilisGracilis muscleThe gracilis is the most superficial muscle on the medial side of the thigh. It is thin and flattened, broad above, narrow and tapering below.-Origin and insertion:...
and sartoriusSartorius muscleThe Sartorius muscle – the longest muscle in the human body – is a long thin muscle that runs down the length of the thigh. Its upper portion forms the lateral border of the femoral triangle.-Origin and insertion:...
; best seen when the knee is bent and the thighThighIn humans the thigh is the area between the pelvis and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb.The single bone in the thigh is called the femur...
strongly rotated outward - Jobert's operation — autoplastic closure of as vesicovaginal fistulaVesicovaginal fistulaVesicovaginal fistula is a subtype of female urogenital fistula .-Presentation:VVF is an abnormal fistulous tract extending between the bladder and the vagina that allows the continuous involuntary discharge of urine into the vaginal vault....
- Jobert's suture — an interrupted suture of various kinds for a divided intestine, the upper end being invaginated into the lower.
See also
- Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe 1799–1867, Chirurgie, Volume 124, Issue 1, February 1999, Pages 87-94