Robert Judet

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Robert Judet (born September 17, 1909 in Paris , † December 20, 1980 in Paris ) was a French orthopedist and surgeon.

Life

Robert Judet was the son of the orthopedic surgeon Henri Judet. Robert Judet attended the Lycée Montaigne (Paris) and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand . After studying and training in surgery in Paris, he turned to orthopedic surgery with Paul Mathieu at the Hôpital Cochin . His doctoral thesis, written there (1937), dealt 166 pages with clubfoot in adults. The western campaign of the Wehrmacht interrupted his work as a senior physician in the Cochin. As the only surgeon in the French armed forces , he received both war crosses (1940, 1944). In September 1940 he resumed the part-time work he had begun in 1938 at the Anatomical Theater in rue du Fer-à-Moulin. At that time France only had a handful of orthopedic surgeons: five in Paris (Kirmisson, Ombredanne, Boppe, Ducroquet, H. Judet), one in Brest (E. Pouliquen) and two in Berck (Calot, Menard). The French Society for Orthopedics and Traumatology only had a few dozen members. Orthopedics was a minor minor in surgery. That is why Robert Judet went back to his teacher Houdard at the Hôpital Tenon in 1943 . During the German occupation of France in World War II , he was involved in the Resistance . In October 1944 he enlisted in the 1st Army (France 1944-45) under Jean de Lattre de Tassigny .

"Médecin, père de famille nombreuse qui a rallié la Resistance en 1942. Remarquable d'enthousiasme patriotique, assuré des missions de liaison des plus dangereuses. A rendu des services particulièrement importants par l'apport de renseignements précis sur l'organization ennemie. A accueilli et aidé des patriotes blessés traqués par la Gestapo. Arrêté en mars 1944, a été relâché faute de preuves et a repris aussitôt son activité. A participé aux combats de la Liberation les armes à la main et, au cours des opérations, a donné des soins aux blessés sous le feu de l'ennemi. A contracté un engagement volontaire au titre de la I re armée et s'est distingué en maintes circonstances par son courage et son allant. Magnifique patriote qui a servi avec honneur et dignité jusqu'à la victoire. "

- To the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor

Judet devoted himself to the surgical treatment of pseudarthroses , bone infections and pelvic fractures and the elongation of the quadriceps femoris muscle . He became known worldwide for endoprostheses of the hip joint. With his brother Jean Judet, he designed an acrylic replacement for the femoral head as early as 1946 . When he was appointed chirurgien des hôpitaux de Paris in May 1947 , President Vincent Auriol congratulated him . Not discouraged by the failures caused by abrasion , he and his son Thierry Judet developed a cementless hip replacement in 1971. In 1975 he presented the results in 828 patients. In 1956 he became Chef de Service at the Hôpital Raymond-Poincaré in Garches . In 1963 he was appointed professor of orthopedics and traumatology. He was married to Christiane Jeanperrin from Alsace. The marriage resulted in six daughters and two sons.

Memberships

  • Corresponding member of the British Orthopedic Association
  • Member of the American Orthopedic Association
  • Member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

Honors

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who's Who in Orthopedics (Springer)
  2. ^ Obituary in Le Monde
personal data
SURNAME Judet, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French orthopedist and surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 20th December 1980
Place of death Paris