François Chopart

Surgeon, Academic

1743 – 1795

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Who was François Chopart?

François Chopart was a French surgeon born in Paris.

He was trained in medicine at the Hôtel-Dieu, Pitié and the Bicêtre hospitals. In 1771 he became a professor of practical surgery at the École pratique in Paris, and in 1782 succeeded Toussaint Bordenave as chair of physiology.

Chopart was a pioneer of urological surgery. With Pierre-Joseph Desault, he was author of the surgical treatise Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent. There are three eponyms associated with the foot that are named after him:

"Chopart's amputation": Separation of the forefoot at the midtarsal joint.

"Chopart's fracture-dislocation": Dislocation of the foot through the talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints along with associated fractures.

"Chopart's joint" or the transverse tarsal joint: Articulation between the hindfoot and the midfoot.

In 1795 François Chopart died in Paris during a cholera epidemic.

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Born
Oct 20, 1743
Paris
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Died
Jun 9, 1795

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on July 23, 2013

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