title: [Contribution of Etienne-Frederic Bouisson (1813-1884) to the surgical treatment of hypospadias].
abstract: Professor Bouisson was a great surgeon and benefactor of medicine. He exercised successfully the functions of dean, rector and deputy. A great part of his surgical work deal with pediatric urology. Bouisson's dissertation on surgical treatment of hypospadias constitute a crucial turning-point in the history of treatment of this malformation.
authors.affiliation: Histoire de la Médecine, Faculté de Médecine, Université d'Ioannina, Grèce. lyon48@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / Q000266:history*