Michel-Henri Fessy

MO n°152

Ten years ago Gilles Bousquet died tragically and prematurely. This issue of Maitrise Orthopédique is a tribute in memory of him. The management of the department was then passed on to Michel Henry Fessy who has continued to work wholeheartedly at maintaining the tradition and quality of “Stéphanois” (St Etienne area) Orthopaedics. Michel Henry has kindly accepted to speak about his arrival at Saint Etienne as well as his recollections and work with Gilles Bousquet. M.O: What was Gilles Bousquet like towards the end of his career?M.H.F: It was not the end of his career; he still had a good number of years ahead of him. He died tragically and too prematurely. I believe that before anything, he was a relentless worker. It is always difficult for me to speak about Gilles Bousquet because I was not one of his pupils. I never ...

Jean-Yves Maigne

MO n°125

Jean-Yves Maigne heads the Department of Physical Medicine at the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in Paris. For the 16th year running, he organizes and leads the 16th Spine Update seminar, which presents the latest achievements in the research, diagnosis, and medical treatment of vertebral disorders. This Interview provides many insights into what is commonly referred to as “backache”. M.O. : You are really interested in the spine?J.Y.M. : Yes, I have dedicated almost my entire career to it. Ever since I have been in medicine, I have done nothing else – except for one paper on sex hormones in paraplegic adolescents. And that did not leave a major mark in the medical literature.M.O. : Why this interest in the spine? J.Y.M. : You could say it runs in the family. My father was one of the first to take a serious interest in back problems. ...

Ian Kelly

MO n°112

The tall figure of Ian Kelly is a well-known sight at meetings of shoulder surgeons. Ian is known as an international authority on the rheumatoid shoulder. He is from Scotland, and his kilt and his prowess at Scottish dancing are familiar to his colleagues. Like most Scots people, he loves France and the French. Interviewing him for Maîtrise Orthopédique was a mutual pleasure. MO: How did you make a name for yourself in shoulder surgery?JCP: That’s a good question. I think, like many things, by accident. When I finished my training, I was a surgeon with an interest in joint reconstruction, with a particular interest in rheumatoid arthritis. One of my senior colleagues had been in Montreal, and had been taught to do shoulder replacement. He came back, and brought shoulder replacement with him. He was dealing with rheumatoid patients, ...

Jean-Claude Pouliquen

MO n°108

Jean-Claude Pouliquen has dedicated his life to paediatric surgery. He has been heavily involved in the treatment of spinal deformities and limb length discrepancies. In this interview, he tells us about 30 years of orthopaedic achievements, from the early days at Garches, where he was taught by Robert and Jean Judet, to his work at the Enfants Malades children's hospital in Paris, where he succeeded his role model, Rigault. MO: Do you come from a medical family?JCP: Not at all. But there are many Pouliquens. I remember that, a long time ago, one of our nannies came back from a consultation at the Porte de Choisy Clinic and told my wife, "Your husband is very famous, I even saw his office there." I was not working there any more, neither did I have an office at the Clinic. However, there was a cupboard in which they kept Pouliquen ...

Guillaume DUPUYTREN

MO n°100

When, during the three days of the Glorious Insurrection in 1830, Parisians fought and died for their civil liberties, all eyes were on the Hôtel-Dieu hospital, which took in the casualties. The famous centre coped magnificently. Today, Traîtrise Orthopédique publishes an interview with one of the hospital's most famous surgeons, Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hôtel-Dieu, Associate Clinical Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Member of the Institut Français and of the Academy of Medicine. M.O. Baron, what prompted you to become a surgeonM.O. Baron, what prompted you to become a surgeon?G.D. I came to Paris in 1789, to study at the Collège de la Marche, in the Rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève. Four years later, the college was closed down in the Revolution, just as I had nearly completed my Arts course. I was ...

Michael Saleh

MO n°99

Michael Saleh practices at the University of Sheffield, Great Britain. He has spent a lot of his time studying external fixation in the treatment of limb trauma. From the concept of Ilizarov, he has been led to develop a device that brings together the biomechanical advantages of the existing systems: the Sheffield Hybrid Fixator. Maîtrise Orthopédique (M.O.): What prompted your interest in external fixation?Michael Saleh (M.S.): I was training with Mr John Sharrard who then became Professor of Paediatric Orthopaedics. Nobody in Sheffield was really interested in external fixation and John discovered the Orthofix Fixator during one of his numerous trips abroad. That was during a visit to Verona where he had been impressed by the fact that patients were able to walk in the streets with this fixator. When he came back, he wanted one of ...

Jean Puget

MO n°97

Jean Puget organized and chaired the International Hip Congress '99, held last autumn at Toulouse. This event was very well attended, and allowed the dynamic Toulouse school of orthopaedic surgery to give a broad survey of where hip surgery stands today. M.O.: What was the main idea of the Congress?J.P.: The main idea was to try not to follow the present-day trend of splitting subjects up into too many facets, but to treat surgery of the hip as a general subject. However, we had to establish certain chapters: trauma, nonprosthetic surgery, etc. Obviously, if each of these chapters had been developed in depth, the Congress would have taken several weeks. Of course, spending several weeks in Toulouse is very pleasant, but in order to fit everything into the standard three-day timeframe of a medical conference, we decided to emphasize the ...