Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers

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Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers (February 4, 1808 - July 5, 1872) was a French surgeon who was a native of Paris. In 1837 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Paris, and later was a professor of anatomy and surgery in Paris.

Denonvilliers was a pioneer of facial reconstructive surgery. In 1856 he performed the first Z-plasty operation for treatment of lower lid ectropion. He is credited for providing the first description of the rectoprostatic fascia, which is a fibromuscular structure that is part of the pelvic fascia, and covers the posterior aspect of the prostate and surrounds the seminal vesicles. This anatomical structure was later called Denonvilliers' fascia. Also another name for the puboprostatic ligament is Denonvilliers' ligament.

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• Who Named It?; Denonvilliers, Charles-Pierre