André Toupet: surgeon technician par excellence

Ann Surg. 2002 Apr;235(4):591-9. doi: 10.1097/00000658-200204000-00019.

Abstract

André Toupet is best known for the posterior fundoplication that bears his name, currently used for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or completing Heller's myotomy and subject today to intense discussions. This was not different in 1963, when Toupet proposed his technique at a time when the Nissen fundoplication was emerging as the treatment of choice for GERD. Behind the procedure, we discover a man with great surgical talent and meticulous attention to technical details who opposed criticism with hard work and strong family values.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • France
  • Fundoplication / history*
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux / history
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux / surgery
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans

Personal name as subject

  • André Toupet