Dupuytren, Guillaume

Dupuytren, Guillaume

 later Baron Dupuytren

(born Oct. 5, 1777, Pierre-Buffière, near Limoges, Fr.—died Feb. 8, 1835, Paris) French surgeon and pathologist. Dupuytren was the first to excise the lower jaw and to clearly describe the pathology of congenital hip dislocation. He revised the classification of burns and devised surgery for cervical cancer and for creation of an artificial anus, among other advances. He is best known for surgical procedures to alleviate Dupuytren contracture, in which fibrosis in the palm causes permanent retraction of one or more fingers.