How to Pronounce Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers
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Feb 04, 1808 Paris, Île de France, France Died on 05 Jul 1872 (aged 64)
French surgeon
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About Charles Pierre Denonvilliers
- 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 anatomy in Paris.Denonvilliers was a pioneer of facial reconstructive surgery.
- In 1856 he independently performed the second Z-plasty operation for treatment of lower lid ectropion, after Horner in 1837.
- He is credited for providing the first description of the rectoprostatic fascia, which is sometimes called "Denonvilliers' fascia".
- Also, another name for the puboprostatic ligament 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).
