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Marie Lannelongue and the hospital
Marie Lannelongue
Marie Lannelongue came from a wealthy family, and her second marriage was to Odilon Lannelongue. In 1884 Odilon became Professor of Surgical Pathology. His marriage meant he was able to give himself entirely over to his hospital activity, and his work on infant surgery is still regarded as an authoritive, especially in bone infections.
Marie and Odilon Lannelongue did not have any children but their thirty years together were a remarkable joint action to relieve suffering and misfortune. In 1895 they founded the Ligue Fraternelle des Enfants de France.
In 1898 this association gained official recognition as being of public utility, and it became the first mutual aid movement for young people and the oldest child welfare association in France.
Marie died in 1906, but Professor Lannelongue continued to support the Ligue.
History of the Centre chirurgical Marie Lannelongue
This was the origin of the first "Dispensaire-Hôpital Marie Lannelongue" at 129 rue de Tolbiac, which was inaugurated on 3 May 1909. But in 1946 the premises were in a very bad state after having been occupied by the French Red Cross during the Second World War. Fortunately in 1953 the Marie Lannelongue association was able to build a new cardiothoracic surgical centre for children, thanks to the support of American doctors at the Rockfeller centre to purchase medical material and the Caisse Nationale de la Sécurité Sociale (French National Social Security Fund) which paid for the building costs.
In 1977 the centre moved to larger premises and grounds in Le Plessis Robinson (92), and continued developing its activity in adult and infant thoracic and cardiovascular pathologies.
It has been nationally and internationally preeminent in the treatment of these pathologies ever since it was set up. A few firsts at the CCML:
Heart surgery:
First "open-heart" operations carried out in Europe with extracorporeal circulation (C. Dubost, 1955)
First-ever direct coronary revascularisation procedure in a human (C. Dubost, 1959)
First-ever heart surgery with deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest in the world (C. Dubost, 1960)
First-ever human aortic valve replacement procedures using valves from animals (xenotransplant or bioprosthesis): J.P. Binet
First implantation of a mechanical Starr prosthetic mitral valve in Europe (J.P. Binet, 1962)
First pediatric heart transplant (6 days) (C. Planché)
Most extensive series of transpositions of repaired major vessels in the neonatal period anywhere in the world (C. Planché).
Most extensive series of aortic valve translocations for infectious destruction of the aortic origin, using a novel technique (R. Nottin, 1981-2007)
First artificial heart implantation (Abiomed) prior to heart transplantation (R. Nottin, 1987)
First triple coronary revascularisation with internal mammary arteries in a 9-month-old child (R. Nottin)
Most extensive series of coronary bypass procedures with artificial grafts (R. Nottin, 1996)
Thoracic surgery:
First heart-lung transplant: June 1986
First double-lung transplant: 1988.
First pulmonary endarteriectomy: 1995
First total tracheal replacement using a vascularised, autologous fascio-cutaneous free-flap: 2007 (in collaboration with Dr. F. Kolb from the IGR).
Major series:
Most extensive series of lung & heart-lung transplantations for pulmonary arterial hypertension: 192
Most extensive experience in Europe of pulmonary endarteriectomy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: between 1995 and December 2007: 600 patients
Most extensive series ever published on extended resection to treat locally disseminated lung cancer (T4):
Tumors causing Pancoast or Tobias syndrome: 126
Tumors encroaching on the tracheobronchial bifurcation: 92
Tumors encroaching on the superior vena cava: 39
Tumors encroaching on mediastinal organs: 14
Tumors encroaching on the spine: 28
Cardiac CT scanning:
First application of CT scanning to the diagnosis of coronary heart disease (2003) - Dr. Paul
First detection of coronary lesions in asymptomatic patients (2004) |