Claude Jules Pierre Dufourmentel (31 January 1915 – 1 December 2012) was a French plastic surgeon from Paris who described a skin flap for reconstructing rhomboid defects in 1962. This flap has been commonly referred to as the "Dufourmentel flap." He was the son of Léon Dufourmentel and maternal grandson of Pierre Sebileau. His brothers Gérard and Philippe were also surgeons.[1][2]
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References
edit- ^ Chouard, Claude-Henri (19 March 2013). "Éloge de Claude DUFOURMENTEL (1915-2012)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine (in French). 197 (3): 571–581. doi:10.1016/S0001-4079(19)31553-5. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "DUFOURMENTEL Claude, Jules Pierre". Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. l’École nationale des chartes. Retrieved 31 May 2024.