Jules Germain François Maisonneuve

For other uses of "Maisonneuve", see Maisonneuve (disambiguation).
Jules Germain François Maisonneuve

Jacques Gilles Maisonneuve (10 December 1809 – 9 April 1897) was a French surgeon and student of Guillaume Dupuytren. Maisonneuve is notable as the first surgeon to explain the role of external rotation in the production of ankle fractures. The eponymously named Maisonneuve fracture describes a specific fibular fracture.

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