Felix Legueu

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Felix Legueu (August 12, 1863 - 1940) was a French urologist and gynecologist who was born in Angers. He was a clinical professor in Paris and a surgeon at Hôpital Necker. He was a member of the Académie de Médecine.

Legueu was a highly-regarded surgeon involving genitourinary disorders. In 1913 he described a surgical technique concerning vesicovaginal fistulae (VVF). A VVF is an abnormal passageway between the bladder and vagina. Today, the Dittel-Forgue-Legueu operation is sometimes used for closure of vesicovaginal fistulae. This surgical procedure is named in correlation with Drs. Dittel and Forgue. A few modern surgical instruments bear Legueu's name, such as the Legueu bladder retractor and the Legueu bladder spatula.

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Traite medico-chirurgical de gynecologie. (1898), with F.Labadie-Lagrave
Traité chirurgical d'urologie. (1910)
Exploration radiographique de l'appareil urinaire (1913), with Edmond Papin & G. Maingot
Cliniques de Necker (1917)
La pyéloscopie (1927), with Pierre Truchot
L'urologue Félix Legueu étudie l'hypertrophie prostatique (1937)
Precis d'Urologie (1937), with Edmond Papin